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Numbers, Time & Dates
Cardinal and ordinal numbers, telling time, days, months, and date expressions
bir, iki, üç, dört, beş
one, two, three, four, five
beer, ee-kee, ewch, durt, besh
Cardinal numbers 1-5; vowel harmony applies to suffixes on numbers
altı, yedi, sekiz, dokuz, on
six, seven, eight, nine, ten
ahl-tuh, yeh-dee, seh-keez, doh-kooz, ohn
Cardinal numbers 6-10
yirmi, otuz, kırk, elli, altmış
twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty
yeer-mee, oh-tooz, kuhrk, el-lee, ahlt-muhsh
Tens; compound numbers: yirmi bir = twenty-one
yetmiş, seksen, doksan, yüz, bin
seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred, thousand
yet-meesh, sek-sen, dok-sahn, yewz, been
Larger numbers; iki yüz = two hundred; üç bin = three thousand
birinci, ikinci, üçüncü
first, second, third (ordinals)
bee-reen-jee, ee-keen-jee, ewch-ewn-jew
Ordinal suffix -(i)nci/(ı)ncı/(u)ncu/(ü)ncü by vowel harmony
Saat kaç?
What time is it?
sah-aht kach
Saat = hour/clock; kaç = how many/how much
Saat üç.
It is three o'clock.
sah-aht ewch
Simply state the number after saat for the hour
Pazartesi, Salı, Çarşamba
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
pah-zahr-teh-see, sah-luh, chahr-shahm-bah
Turkish days are native words not from Latin
Perşembe, Cuma, Cumartesi, Pazar
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
pehr-shem-beh, joo-mah, joo-mahr-teh-see, pah-zahr
Cuma = Friday (Arabic: day of congregation); Pazar = Sunday/market
Bugün, yarın, dün
today, tomorrow, yesterday
boo-gewn, yah-ruhn, dewn
Essential time adverbs; bugün = this day