Breakdown of Toplantı ikiyi çeyrek geçe.
toplantı
meeting
çeyrek
quarter (of an hour)
geçe
past (the hour)
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Questions & Answers about Toplantı ikiyi çeyrek geçe.
Why is there a -yi at the end of iki?
When telling time and saying an event happens past an hour, Turkish puts the hour in the accusative case (the same ending used for specific direct objects). Since iki ends in a vowel, it gets the buffer letter y and the ending -i, becoming ikiyi.
Why use geçe here instead of geçiyor?
Geçe is used to say an event happens at a certain time past the hour. If you were just answering 'What time is it right now?', you would use geçiyor (as in Saat ikiyi çeyrek geçiyor). But because the meeting is happening at that time, we must use geçe.
Where is the word for 'at' in this sentence?
There is no separate word or ending for 'at' (like -da or -de) when using geçe. The phrase ikiyi çeyrek geçe has the meaning of 'at a quarter past two' built right into it.
What is the exact word order for telling time like this?
The literal order is 'hour + minutes + passing'. First you state the hour with its accusative ending (ikiyi), then the minutes or fraction (çeyrek), and finally the word for passing (geçe).