No. 1,104 in Turkish
değildi
"Değildi" means "was not" in English.
In a sentence
Bugün hava güzel değildi.
Today the weather was not nice.
In this sentence, 'değildi' is used as a negation for an adjective, implying that 'güzel' (nice) does not describe the subject (the weather) in the past tense.
Dün buluşmamız saat dörtte değildi.
Yesterday, our meeting was not at four o'clock.
Here, 'değildi' negates the temporal phrase, conveying that the specified time does not apply to the meeting in the past tense.
Bu kitap beklediğim kadar ilginç değildi.
This book was not as interesting as I expected.
In this case, 'değildi' negates the comparison idea, indicating that the book did not meet the degree of interestingness anticipated, in the past tense.
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