öldük

Öldük is the Turkish verb form meaning we died. It is the simple past tense for the first-person plural of the verb ölmek, “to die,” and is used to state that the speaker and others died.

Etymology and grammar: The infinitive is ölmek. The simple past tense is formed in Turkish by attaching a past tense suffix to the verb stem; for the first-person plural this yields a form such as öldük. The form shows vowel harmony and consonant assimilation typical of Turkish conjugation. In general, the past tense endings align with the person (I, you, he, we, you all, they), with -dik being one of the usual 1st-person plural markers, adapted to the stem to produce the final form öldük.

Usage: Öldük is used in literal narrative or report where it is stated that people in the speaker’s group died. It appears in historical accounts, news reports, literature, and everyday speech when describing casualties or a death event involving the speaker’s group.

Examples:

- Biz öldük. — We died.

- Savaşta birçok asker öldük. — In the war, many soldiers died.

- Evden çıkarken, maalesef hiç kimse ölmediği için sevindik; bu cümle daha çok bağlam gerektirir. (Note: this example illustrates contrast in context rather than a standard usage.)

See also: ölmek, Turkish verb conjugation, Turkish past tense.