Questions & Answers about Saat ona kadar buradayım.
Why is it ona instead of just on for the number ten?
The word kadar (until) requires the word right before it to take the dative case suffix, which normally shows direction like "to" or "towards". So, we add the vowel -a to on (ten), making it ona. You can think of it as saying "until to ten".
How does the word buradayım break down to mean "I am here"?
It is built by stacking suffixes! bura means "here" or "this place". We add the location suffix -da (in/at) to get burada (at here). Finally, we add the "I am" personal suffix -ım. Because burada ends in a vowel and the next suffix starts with one, we need the buffer letter -y- in the middle, creating buradayım.
Why does saat come before the number? In English we put "o'clock" at the end.
In Turkish, the word saat (hour/clock) always comes before the number when you are stating the time on the clock. So "ten o'clock" is expressed as saat on.
Wait, doesn't kadar mean "as much as"? Why does it mean "until" here?