yedim

Yedim is a Turkish word meaning “I ate.” It is the first person singular simple past tense form of the verb yemek, which means to eat. In Turkish, this tense expresses a completed action in the past.

Form and usage: Turkish verbs use stem changes plus tense and person suffixes. The simple past tense is formed with the suffix -di, adjusted by vowel harmony, and combined with a person suffix. For the first person singular, this yields -dim, producing yedim from the stem ye-. Yedim is used in narrative and everyday speech to report past eating events. Examples include “Dün akşam yedim” (I ate last night) and “Bugün kahvaltıda yedim” (I ate at breakfast today).

Related forms and negation: Yedim has several related forms for other persons, such as yedin (you ate), yedi (he/she ate), yedik (we ate), yediniz (you plural ate), and yediler (they ate). The negative past form is yemedim (I did not eat). These patterns illustrate Turkish’s person suffix system combined with tense marking.

Notes: While yedim specifically denotes the act of having eaten, Turkish distinguishes tense and aspect through a range of past forms and negations. The word remains common in everyday Turkish and appears in both spoken and written contexts, including storytelling, reports, and conversations about meals or events. See also Turkish grammar and Turkish verbs for broader context.