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TO TELL THE TIME
Telling the time in Turkish, is considered along two dimensions :
1. Announcing the time
a) At the point
Saat beş ---> It´s five o´clock.
Saat üç ----> It´s three o´clock.
Saat yedi ----> It´s seven o´clock.
b) Before the point
When the time is before the hour or hal-hour, the word "var" is used, and the hour or half-hour takes the goal relational suffix -a.
Saat beşe on var. ---------> It´s ten to five.
Saat beş buçuğa iki var.------> It´s five twenty eight.
Saat ikiye on var. ------------> It´s ten to two.
c) After the point
When the time is after the hour or half-hour the verb "geçmek " [to pass] is usedwith the "iyor" suffix, and the hour half-hour takes the -i specific object suffix.
Saat ikiyi beş geçiyor.
Saat üçü on geçiyor.
Saat altı buçuğu iki geçiyor.
2. Setting the time
a) At the point
In setting a time at the hour or half-hour, the point of time is suffixed with the locative relational suffix -da.
Saat ikide -----> At two o´clock
Saat dörtte ----> At four o´clock
Saat yarımda ----> At twelve-thirty
b) Before the point
In setting a time before the hour or half hour, the verb "kalmak" [to remain] occurs in the form "kala", and the point of time takes the goal relational suffix -a.
Saat beşe on kala.
Saat üçe yedi kala.
Saat dokuza beş kala.
c) After the point
In setting a time after the hour or half-hour, the form "geçe " of the"geçmek" [-to pass] is used, and the point of time takes the specific direct object suffix, -i.
Saat sekizi beş geçe. ----> At eight five.
Saat dördü on sekiz geçe. ----> At four eighteen.
Saat yarımı on geçe. -----> At twelve forty.
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