Word
Beşinci ders saat onda başlıyor.
Meaning
The fifth lesson starts at ten o'clock.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Beşinci ders saat onda başlıyor.
on
ten
başlamak
to begin, to start
ders
lesson, class
saat
hour / o'clock
Questions & Answers about Beşinci ders saat onda başlıyor.
How do we get beşinci from the number beş?
To make ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.), Turkish adds the suffix -inci to the number. Because of vowel harmony, it can also be -ıncı, -uncu, or -üncü. For beş (five), the matching suffix is -inci, making beşinci (fifth).
Why does the word for ten (on) have a -da on the end?
The suffix -da (or -de) is the locative case, which means "in", "on", or "at". To say something happens at a certain time, you attach it directly to the number. So, on (ten) becomes onda (at ten).
The root of the verb is başlamak (to start). Why is it spelled başlıyor instead of başlayor?
When a verb root ends in a wide vowel like -a or -e (as in başla-), and you add the present continuous suffix -yor, that final vowel "narrows" to ı, i, u, or ü. Here, the a changes to ı, giving us başlıyor.
The English translation says "starts", but isn't -yor the "-ing" tense?