Word
Saat onu on geçiyor, reklamlar bittikten sonra spiker bülteni sunuyor.
Meaning
It is ten past ten, after the advertisements end, the announcer presents the bulletin.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Saat onu on geçiyor, reklamlar bittikten sonra spiker bülteni sunuyor.
on
ten
bitmek
to finish / to end
sonra
after
saat
hour / o'clock
Questions & Answers about Saat onu on geçiyor, reklamlar bittikten sonra spiker bülteni sunuyor.
Why does the first 'ten' have an -u at the end (onu) but the second one doesn't?
When saying it is 'past' the hour in Turkish, the hour takes the accusative case ending, while the minutes do not. Because the verb is geçiyor (passing), the hour being passed acts as the direct object. So the hour on gets the -u suffix to become onu, and the minutes on stays as it is.
If I wanted to say 'It is ten to ten' instead of 'ten past ten', how would the first part of the sentence change?
Instead of the accusative case and geçiyor, you use the dative case (meaning 'to' or 'towards') on the hour and the word var (there is). 'Ten to ten' would be ona on var (literally 'to ten, there is ten').
How does bittikten sonra translate to 'after the advertisements end'?
To say 'after doing an action', Turkish adds the suffix -dikten (and its vowel harmony variations) to a verb root, followed by the word sonra (after). Here, the root bit- (to end) takes -tikten because of consonant harmony (the hard 't' changes the suffix's 'd' to 't').
Why does bülten have an -i at the end?
The -i is the accusative case suffix. It shows that bülten (bulletin) is the specific direct object of the verb sunuyor (presents). This is how we know the announcer is presenting 'the' bulletin, rather than just presenting 'a' general bulletin.