This is the 12944th most frequent Turkish word.
kaldım
"I stayed" or "I remained."
In this sentence, 'kaldım' refers to staying or being hosted at someone's house, indicating spending nights there.
Arkadaşımın şehri çok güzeldi, onda kaldım.
My friend's city was very beautiful; I stayed at their place.
In this case, 'kaldım' signifies a situation where the subject ended up or remained in a location, often unintentionally or unexpectedly.
Yolda yanlış yere döndüm ve böylece parkta kaldım.
I turned the wrong way on the road, and so I ended up staying in the park.
Here, 'kaldım' refers to staying awake or not sleeping, expressing that the subject stayed up late into the night.