Breakdown of Batarya yüzde elli, tamamen şarj etmek ne kadar sürüyor?
elli
fifty
ne kadar
how much
batarya
battery (pack for EV/devices)
tamamen
completely / fully
şarj etmek
to charge
sürmek
to last / to take (time)
yüzde
percent
Questions & Answers about Batarya yüzde elli, tamamen şarj etmek ne kadar sürüyor?
How does ne kadar mean 'how long' here? I thought it meant 'how much'.
Ne kadar literally means 'what amount' or 'how much'. But when you pair it with a verb about time or duration, like sürmek (to last / to take time), it translates naturally into English as 'how long'.
Doesn't the verb sürmek mean 'to drive'?
It does! For example, araba sürmek means 'to drive a car'. However, another very common meaning of sürmek is 'to last' or 'to take a certain amount of time'. Here, ne kadar sürüyor? means 'how much time does it take?'
Why is 'fifty percent' written as yüzde elli?
In Turkish, percentages are expressed using the locative case suffix -de or -da (in/at). Yüzde literally means 'in a hundred'. So, yüzde elli translates word-for-word as 'in a hundred, fifty'. Notice that the word order is the reverse of English!
Why is şarj etmek (to charge) left in its dictionary form with -mek / -mak?
In this sentence, the infinitive şarj etmek acts as a noun: the act of charging. The main, conjugated verb of the clause is sürüyor (it takes). So the sentence structure is essentially: '[To fully charge] takes [how long]?'
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