Toplantı dokuz buçukta başlayacak.

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Breakdown of Toplantı dokuz buçukta başlayacak.

• toplantı: the meeting
• -ta: at
• dokuz buçuk: half past nine

Questions & Answers about Toplantı dokuz buçukta başlayacak.

Why does dokuz buçukta mean at 9:30, and what is the -ta ending?

Dokuz buçuk means nine thirty or more literally nine and a half.

The ending -ta means at / in / on in a time or place sense. Here it marks the time:

• dokuz buçuk = nine thirty
• dokuz buçukta = at nine thirty

So the phrase means at 9:30.

Why is it -ta and not -da?

This is because of consonant harmony in Turkish.

The locative suffix has forms like -da / -de / -ta / -te. After a voiceless consonant, it often becomes t instead of d.

Since buçuk ends in k, which is voiceless, the suffix becomes -ta:

• buçuk + ta → buçukta

So dokuz buçukta is the correct form.

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