okudum
Okudum is the first-person singular simple past tense form of the Turkish verb okumak, meaning “to read.” It translates roughly to “I read” or “I have read” in English, depending on context. In Turkish, past tense is formed by adding the suffix -di/-dı/-du/-dü to the verb stem with vowel harmony, followed by the personal ending -m for the first person singular, yielding oku- + -dü + -m = okudum.
Morphology and usage: The verb stem oku- combines with the past tense marker and the person suffix
- Bugün kitabı okudum. I read the book today.
- Dün gazeteı okudum. I read the newspaper yesterday.
Notes: Okudum is capitalized only at the start of a sentence or in proper-noun contexts; as a