This is the 11175th most frequent Turkish word.
dönerdi
"Would turn" or "used to turn."
In this sentence, the word 'dönerdi' is used in the past tense to indicate a habitual action, describing the subject's past routine of returning home.
O eskiden okuldan sonra eve dönerdi.
He used to return home after school.
Here, 'dönerdi' is employed to express a completed circular movement and its resulting correct alignment in the past.
Bu saat, birkaç yıl önce birkaç tur attıktan sonra yine doğru zamanı gösterir şekilde dönerdi.
This clock would return to showing correct time after making several rotations a few years ago.
In the given example, 'dönerdi' illustrates the conditional mood, revealing hypothetical action depending upon a preceding possibility.