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“Opened” (past) in Turkish

By Şeyma P.

In Turkish, “Opened” (the verb, in the past tense) is written using the Latin script as:

I: Açtım

You: Açtın

You, formal: Açtınız

He / she / it: Açtı

We: Açtık

They: Açtılar

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I opened the windows.”

Pencereleri açtım.

 
“I opened the bottle.”

Şişeyi açtım.

 
“Was the restaurant open when you arrived?”

Sen vardığında restoran açık mıydı?

 
“The park opened an hour ago.”

Park bir saat önce açıktı.

 
“She opened the door.”

Kapıyı açtı.

 
“We opened the café an hour ago.”

Kafeyi bir saat önce açtık.

 
“We opened the windows.”

Pencereleri açtık.

 
“They opened the doors.”

Kapıyı açtılar.
 

Related words in Turkish

“Open” (future) in Turkish

“Opens” (third-person) in Turkish

“Opening” (present) in Turkish

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Opened” (past) in Egyptian Arabic

“Opened” (past) in Lebanese Arabic

“Opened” (past) in Tunisian Arabic
 

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Şeyma P. is a Turkish citizen who has lived in Türkiye for over 20 years. Her favourite Turkish food is Karnıyarık, her favourite Turkish movie is Kış Uykusu (Winter Sleep), and her favourite city in Türkiye is Istanbul. She writes of the country's largest city, "I feel like a character from a novel or a story while wandering the streets and mostly getting lost :). It is impossible not to feel the Istanbul in poems, stories and novels. It's a city where I can't get enough of its cultural and artistic activities and often can't keep up.”

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