This is the 24th most frequent Turkish word.
geldi
"Gelidi" translates to "came" in English.
Here, 'geldi' is used as the simple past tense of the verb 'gelmek', meaning 'to come', and it refers to an action completed in the past.
Yusuf dün akşam sinemadan geldi.
Yusuf came back from the cinema last night.
In this instance, 'geldi' still represents the simple past tense, conveying the successful occurrence of the completed action of reaching the meeting on time.
Toplantıya tam zamanında geldi.
He arrived at the meeting just in time.
Although 'gelmedi' is used here for past negation, 'gelirdi' appears first as a form of past habitual tense, reflecting a repeated action in the past habitually happening, showing the versatile usage of forms derived from 'gelmek'.