"Yediyi yirmi geçiyor."
Translation:It is twenty past seven.
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I wrote simply "Twenty past seven" (eg. someone asks the time and you reply with that). Should it really have been marked wrong?
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It seems to me like it should be accepted, since that is a normal way to state the time in English. The key thing to understand is that Turkish makes a firm distinction between "[It is] twenty past seven" and "[Something is happening at] twenty past seven." They are probably being overly strict to make sure that distinction is understood
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I think we have to, because as you said there is a big difference in Turkish...
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It really helps when you explain why you don't accept an otherwise correct answer. Otherwise it is distractingly annoying.
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what does the "yi" in yediyi signify. Isn't it "to 7". Why wouldn't it be "twenty to seven"
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yi is an accusative suffix. The rule is accusative for 0-30 mins past hour, dative for 30+ mins past hour.
