Let´s start with the days:
Pazar: Sunday
Pazartesi (Pazar + ertesi, the day after Sunday): Monday
Salı: Tuesday
Çarşamba: Wednesday
Perşembe: Thursday
Cuma: Friday
Cumartesi (Cuma + ertesi, the day after Friday): Saturday.
In Turkey, Cumartesi and Pazar are official holiday days, working days are Pazartesi, Salı, Çarşamba, Perşembe and Cuma.
Let´s see the months:
Ocak: January
Şubat: February
Mart: March
Nisan: April
Mayıs: May
Haziran: June
Temmuz: July
Ağustos: August
Eylül: September
Ekim: October
Kasım: November
Aralık: December
In Turkey, new year begins by 01 Ocak and ends by 31 Aralık.
And these are numbers: Bir: One İki: Two Üç: Three Dört: Four Beş: Five Altı: Six Yedi: Seven Sekiz: Eight Dokuz: Nine On: Ten Yirmi: Twenty Otuz: Thirty Kırk: Fourty Elli: Fifty Altmış: Sixty Yetmiş: Seventy Seksen: Eighty Doksan: Ninety Yüz: Hundred Bin: Thousand Yüz Bin: Hundred Thousand Milyon: Million Trilyon: Billion. For example, to say "Fifty five" , "Elli + beş = 55" Eleven: On + bir = On bir = 11 Twelve: On + iki = On iki = 12 Three thousand: Üç + bin = Üç bin = 3000 And these are colors:
Other Time Concepts: Saniye: Second Dakika: Moment Saat: Hour Gün: Day Hafta: Week Ay: Month Yıl/Sene: Year On Yıl: Decade Yüzyıl: Century Bugün: Today Dün: Yesterday Yarın/Ertesi Gün: Tomorrow Sabaha Karşı: Time period between midnight and sunrise. Sabah: Morning Öğlen: Noon Öğleden Sonra: Afternoon İkindi: Time period between afternoon and sunset Akşamüstü: Time period between sunset and twilight. Akşam: Evening Gece: Night (After nine o´clock generally) Geceyarısı: Midnight Yarım: 12:30 and 00:30 are called as "yarım". HOURS (SAATLER): In Turkey we use 24-hour system. Immediate Hour Concepts: Saat üç: It´s three o´clock (may be 03:00 or 15:00) Saat beş: It´s five o´clock (may be 05:00 or 17:00) Çeyrek: Quarter Buçuk: Half Saat beş buçuk: It is half past five (17:30 or 05:30) Saat dört buçuk: It is half past four It is quarter to four: Saat dörde çeyrek var. Its quarter past six: Altıyı çeyrek geçiyor. Note: For another time, we use "geçe" and "kala" Dörde çeyre kala: When it is quarter to four. Dördü çeyrek geçe: When it is quarter past four. In here, we use Accusative and Dative Forms, so I will tell about these at next unites.
thx turkishcobra //
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