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Numbers, Time & Dates

Cardinal and ordinal numbers, telling time, days, months, and date expressions
Numbers 100-1000 in compounds
building large numbers
varies
Yüz elli üç = 153; iki bin dört yüz = 2400
Ordinal suffix review: -(i)nci
forming ordinal numbers
varies
Beşinci (fifth), onuncu (tenth), yirminci (twentieth)
Telling time: geçiyor / kala
minutes past / minutes to the hour
geh-chee-yor / kah-lah
Üçü beş geçiyor = 5 past 3; dörde beş kala = 5 to 4
Half past: buçuk
thirty minutes past the hour
boo-chook
Saat iki buçuk = half past two (2:30)
Date expressions: gün, ay, yıl
day, month, year
gewn, ay, yuhl
Date order: day/month/year; 15 Nisan 2024
Months: Ocak, Şubat, Mart, Nisan, Mayıs, Haziran
January through June
oh-jahk, shoo-baht, mahrt, nee-sahn, mah-yuhs, hah-zee-rahn
Turkish months are native words not from Latin
Months: Temmuz, Ağustos, Eylül, Ekim, Kasım, Aralık
July through December
tem-mooz, ah-oos-tos, ey-lewl, eh-keem, kah-suhm, ah-rah-luhk
All twelve months are Turkish native words
Duration: -dır/-dir (for how long)
marks duration of time elapsed
-duhr/-deer
İki yıldır buradayım = I have been here for two years
Frequency expressions: her, bazen, sık sık
every, sometimes, often
hehr, bah-zen, suhk suhk
Her gün = every day; sık sık = frequently; arada sırada = occasionally
Age expressions: yaşında
at the age of / years old
yah-sheen-dah
Otuz yaşındayım = I am thirty years old; locative on yaş + possessive