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Questions & Answers about Öğle yemeği saat onda.
Why is it yemeği instead of just yemek?
Yemek means "food" or "meal". When we combine it with öğle (noon) to make the specific concept "lunch" (noon meal), Turkish links them by adding a suffix to the second word. We add the vowel -i, and the final k in yemek softens into a ğ, making it yemeği.
How does onda mean "at ten"?
The word for ten is on. To say "at", "in", or "on", Turkish uses the locative suffix -da (or -de, depending on vowel harmony). So, on + -da becomes onda, meaning "at ten".
Why do we use the word saat here?
Saat means "hour" or "clock". When talking about the time an event happens, Turkish usually puts saat before the number. Saat onda translates smoothly to "at ten o'clock".
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, there is no separate word for "is". Instead, "to be" is either understood from the context or shown by adding a suffix to the final word. For "he/she/it is", the suffix is often dropped completely in everyday speech, which is why there is no visible "is" here.