"The cats drink milk at quarter past seven."

Translation: Kediler yediyi çeyrek geçe süt içer.

[MichelinePeacock]

Wien do I use geçe and wien geçiyor ?

[ex_contributor]

This is actually explained in the tips and notes

• Saat kaç? (What time is it?)
• Yediyi çeyrek geçiyor. (it is 7:15)
• Saat kaçta geleceksin? (At what time will you come?)
• Yediyi çeyrek geçe. (at 7:15)

[AyaA2]

Thanks :))

[MichelinePeacock]

Teşekkürler

[mizinamo]

Can it also be "Kediler saat yediyi çeyrek geçe süt içer"?

[lucaturilli]

Yes, it can be.

[Polyglottomaniac]

I wrote "Kediler süt yediyi çeyrek geçe içer." but it was marked wrong...why? Can't you mention the time after the object or would the meaning just be different?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

General direct objects have to be directly before the verb :)

[bellapiko]

Thanks for that info Alex as I hadn't realized that either

[MomoS93]

why it's wrong ? kediler yediyi cayrek gece sut "icilar"

[mizinamo]

I don't think icilar is even a word. Were you going for içerler?

From what I have read on these forums, that may be used by some Turks, but it is not considered grammatically correct to add -ler to the verb if the subject is mentioned and is plural and is not human.

[MomoS93]

thanks a lot..yes i mean "içerler"

[malcmcd]

Following the example given, I wrote 'Saat yediyi çeyrek geçe kediler süt içer.'
It was marked incorrect. However the reply to mizinamo suggests it may be correct. If so, please allow.

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Just a forgotten alternative. When you are answering "at what time," there is a tendency to drop "saat." It is accepted now though :)

[malcmcd]

Thank you!