No. 2,371 in Turkish
gelmişti
"Gelmişti" means "he/she/it had come" in English.
In a sentence
O gün yağmur çok yağdığı için erken gelmişti.
That day, he/she/it had arrived early because it rained heavily.
In this sentence, 'gelmişti' is used in the past perfect tense, indicating that the action of arriving had occurred prior to another past action or situation.
Eve gittiğimde, annem çoktan gelmişti.
When I went home, my mother had already arrived.
Here, 'gelmişti' signifies that the mother's arrival happened before the speaker's return home, illustrating the sequence of past events.
Tiyatro biletlerini almadan önce çok geç gelmişti.
Before buying the theater tickets, it had arrived too late.
In this sentence, 'gelmişti' describes a past action (arriving late) that occurred prior to another past action (buying tickets).
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