Toplantı saat altıda başlıyor.

to start

Breakdown of Toplantı saat altıda başlıyor.

• saat: the hour
• toplantı: the meeting
• altı: six

Questions & Answers about Toplantı saat altıda başlıyor.

What does each word in Toplantı saat altıda başlıyor mean?

• toplantı = meeting
• saat = hour / clock / o’clock
• altıda = at six / at six o’clock
• başlıyor = is starting / starts

So the sentence literally works like:

Meeting at six is-starting

Natural English: The meeting starts at six.

Why is there no word for the in toplantı?

Turkish does not have definite and indefinite articles like English the and a/an.

So toplantı can mean:

• meeting
• the meeting
• sometimes a meeting

In a sentence like this, the context usually makes it clear that the meeting is meant.

Why is altıda written as one word, and what does -da mean here?