Learn Turkish with basic sentences (Lesson5-Section1-B)
Genelde kaçta uyanıyorsun ve yatıyorsun?
What time do you usually wake up and go to bed?
- Genelde: “Usually”
- kaçta: kaç (what/which) + -ta (locative) → “At what time”
- uyanıyorsun: uyan (to wake up) + -ıyor (present continuous) + -sun (you) → “Do you wake up”
- ve: “And”
- yatıyorsun: yat (to lie down/go to bed) + -ıyor (present continuous) + -sun (you) → “Do you go to bed”
Genelde saat 2’de yatıyorum
I usually go to bed at 2 o’clock.
- Genelde: “Usually”
- saat: “Hour/o’clock”
- 2’de: 2 (two) + -de (locative) → “At 2 o’clock”
- yatıyorum: yat (to go to bed) + -ıyor (present continuous) + -um (I) → “I go to bed”
Bugün kaçta yatıcan?
What time will you go to bed today?
- Bugün: “Today”
- kaçta: kaç (what/which) + -ta (locative) → “At what time”
- yatıcan: yat (to go to bed) + -yecak (future tense) + -n (you, colloquial) → “Will you go to bed”
Bugün 2’de yatıcam
I will go to bed at 2 o’clock today.
- Bugün: “Today”
- 2’de: 2 (two) + -de (locative) → “At 2 o’clock”
- yatıcam: yat (to go to bed) + -yecak (future tense) + -im (I, colloquial) → “I will go to bed”
Kaçtan kaça kadar uyuyorsun?
From what time to what time do you sleep?
- Kaçtan: kaç (what/which) + -tan (ablative) → “From what time”
- kaça: kaç (what/which) + -a (dative) → “To what time”
- kadar: “Until”
- uyuyorsun: uyu (to sleep) + -yor (present continuous) + -sun (you) → “Do you sleep”
2’den 9’a kadar uyuyorum
I sleep from 2 to 9.
- 2’den: 2 (two) + -den (ablative) → “From 2”
- 9’a: 9 (nine) + -a (dative) → “To 9”
- kadar: “Until”
- uyuyorum: uyu (to sleep) + -yor (present continuous) + -um (I) → “I sleep”
Kaçtan kaça kadar uyanıksın?
From what time to what time are you awake?
- Kaçtan: kaç (what/which) + -tan (ablative) → “From what time”
- kaça: kaç (what/which) + -a (dative) → “To what time”
- kadar: “Until”
- uyanıksın: uyanık (awake) + -sın (you are) → “Are you awake”
9’dan 2’ye kadar uyanığım
I am awake from 9 to 2.
- 9’dan: 9 (nine) + -dan (ablative) → “From 9”
- 2’ye: 2 (two) + -ye (dative) → “To 2”
- kadar: “Until”
- uyanığım: uyanık (awake) + -ım (I am) → “I am awake”
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