"Okula çok geç başlıyorsun."

Translation: You are starting school very late.

[CarolKilla]

In English we would phrase this also as 'you are very late starting school'

[FikretFan]

"You are starting school very late." Is that right? The sentence looks to me like it says: "You are starting to school very late." As if you are heading for school late in the morning. But is there something idiomatic going on here that I'm not understanding?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

It is definitely fine, especially if you started going to school at age 8 instead of earlier (or you start school at 11:00 am instead of earlier)

[MetroWestJP]

Başlamak is an intransitive verb, so okul has to take the dative case (okula) instead of the accusative (okulu).

[fatima786405]

Why is "beginning"considered wrong? Is there a difference between beginning and starting?

[KamyHelm]

I may "go" late.. but the school "starts" at a certain time.. not me. The sentence is somehow weak.