"Saat iki buçuk."

Translation: It is half past two.

[adelips]

How do I know this is full sentence and not a phrase--"half past two"?

[hellerm]

How is time write in Turkish? I know in French it is different than what I use because they do a 24 hour time clock and they would write it like this: 14h30. Thanks!

[miracsan]

You either write it as 14:30 or 14.30, though the latter is more common.

[hellerm]

Interesting. Thanks! :D

[londoncallling]

Why is 'half past two' wrong?

[John227032]

Can anyone explain how to distinguish in Turkish between "half past two" and "it is half past two"?

[Ash784955]

I'm not native so someone plz correct me...

In modern Turkish, the only way is by experience and context. I.e. there's no solid way.

Sometimes you'd see the "-dır" suffix ("is"). In other Turkic dialects it's not optional so as a learner i find it useful to cross reference with those. HTH

[jazeelferry]

Why is it not bucukta?

[Capt.Yah]

(ta) would mean (at), so buçukta would mean: "At half". Here we do not specify anything that would happen"at" that time.

[Sebastian292343]

Upvote if you pronounced it correctly and the system did not accept iki buçuk. The re is a bug in the system with numbers!

[minajdm]

This one never accepts my answer , I am pretty sure I am saying it right

[slashedy]

I hate this lesson. Hours, days and so on... In any language.

[BenKartik]

Why saat is used if iki buçuk is half past two

[jmmms]

Actually, iki buçuk means two and a half. You need saat to be able to tell that you're talking about time.

[Capt.Yah]

Should "time is half past two" be accepted also?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

No, you could in theory say "The time is..."

[mal876365]

i cant believe i got this right the first time
i am so loving turkish

[-indonesia-]

Say : SAAT IKI BUÇUKTA... it works!!