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Time, days and hours in Turkish

138 words in Turkish on the topic “time, days and hours”: saat — hour, gün — day, bugün — today, yarın — tomorrow. 138 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

138 words on the topic

  • saat
    hour
    The same word names clocks — wrist and wall — and the time they show: Saat kaç? is "what time is it?"
  • gün
    day
    Both the 24 hours and the daylight. It often comes with the days of the week: salı günü is "on Tuesday", pazar günü "on Sunday". And "in the daytime" is gündüz, a separate word.
  • bugün
    today
    bu ("this") plus gün ("day"). Two words fused into one.
  • yarın
    tomorrow
    ı dotless. Stands bare in the sentence, no preposition: yarın geliyorum. The day after is öbür gün, "the other day", not "after tomorrow".
  • dün
    yesterday
    Like yarın, it stands with no preposition: dün geldim. The day before is evvelki gün. "Yesterday's" is dünkü — the tail -ki turns time into a trait.
  • akşam
    evening
    The root of iyi akşamlar, "good evening", with the plural ending on top.
  • gece
    night
    İyi geceler, "good night", is only for parting.
  • Ne zaman gelirsiniz?
    when will you come?
    ne zaman is "at what time". The -ir form speaks of an arrangement and a promise, not of what is happening now.
  • günde iki kez
    twice a day
    gün plus -de is "in a day". kez and defa both mean "times", with almost no difference.
  • yemekten sonra
    after meals
    sonra demands the from-where tail -ten: yemekten sonra, dersten sonra. After a voiceless k the ending goes voiceless: not -den but -ten.
  • Saat kaçta?
    at what time?
    kaç is "how many", -ta "at". After the voiceless ç the ending goes voiceless: not -da but -ta.
  • Geç kalıyorum
    I am running late
    geç is "late", kalmak "to remain": "I remain late". Already late: geç kaldım.
  • Artık geç oldu
    it is too late now
    artık is "by now, from now on", always about a change: it was not late before, and now it is.
  • ilk önce
    to begin with
    A reinforced önce, "first of all." It opens a sentence: "İlk önce ellerini yıka." A single önce works too, but it more often comes AFTER a word: "yemekten önce."
  • sonra
    then
    Two roles. At the start of a sentence it is the adverb "then": "Sonra ne oldu?" After a word in the "from" form it means "after": "yemekten sonra." Its position in the sentence decides which role it plays.
  • bundan sonra
    after that
    bu, "this," in the "from" form, plus sonra coming AFTER it. The phrase means both "after this" and "from now on": "Bundan sonra dikkat edeceğim." It goes at the start of the sentence.
  • sonunda
    finally
    son is end, and the "at" ending gives "at the end, finally." It goes at the start of a sentence or right before the verb: "Sonunda geldi." Compare sonuçta: that one sums up an argument, this one ends a wait.
  • -ken
    whilst
    Attaches to a verb and puts the subordinate clause BEFORE the main one: "Ben çalışırken o uyuyordu." It is one of the few Turkish suffixes that ignore vowel harmony: always -ken. A comma after the clause is optional but helps reading.
  • aynı anda
    at the same time
    an is a moment, aynı is "the same": "at the same moment." It goes before the verb: "İkisini aynı anda yapamam." For two actions at once, the pair hem … hem de also works: "Hem yürüyor hem konuşuyor."
  • -meden önce
    before
    Verb stem plus -meden, then önce: "gitmeden önce," before leaving. The phrase closes its half of the sentence, which comes before the main clause. It has no person marking: who acts is clear from the main clause. Despite the -me, the meaning is not negative.
  • -dikten sonra
    after doing that
    The -dik participle in the "from" form plus sonra: "yedikten sonra," after eating. It closes the subordinate clause, which comes before the main one; person is not marked. After voiceless consonants it becomes -tıktan: "çıktıktan sonra."
  • -ir -mez
    as soon as
    The verb appears twice: first in the "in general" tense, then in its negative. "gelir gelmez," as soon as he comes. The phrase closes its half of the sentence, which comes before the main clause. A plain "when" uses a different suffix, -ince: gelince.
  • o zamandan beri
    since then
    beri means "since," and it comes AFTER a word in the "from" form: o zamandan beri, sabahtan beri. With a verb the suffix -alı expresses the same idea: "geleli üç gün oldu," it's been three days since he came.
  • her zaman
    always
    "every time": her the every-word + zaman. Habit, stated for eternity
  • sık sık
    often
    sık means dense, frequent; doubling makes an adverb, a common Turkish device, as in yavaş yavaş. It goes before the verb: "Sık sık görüşüyoruz," we see each other often.
  • nadiren
    rarely
    From Arabic nadir, rare, plus -en, which makes an adverb, as in kısmen. It goes before the verb and sounds a bit bookish; everyday speech would rather say "pek sık değil," not very often.
  • bazen
    sometimes
    From bazı, "some," with the same Arabic -en. It goes at the start of a sentence or before the verb: "Bazen geç kalıyorum." The neighboring ara sıra is less frequent than bazen and suggests irregularity.
  • hiçbir zaman
    never
    "no time at all": hiç "none" + bir + zaman. Needs the verb negated: never do
  • genellikle
    usually
    genel "general" + -likle: generally speaking. The default setting of habits
  • uzun süre
    for a long time
    "long duration": uzun + süre, "a span of lasting". Waiting measured in it
  • her seferinde
    every time
    sefer is a time, a trip, a run; -inde gives "on its occasion": "every time." It goes at the start of a sentence or before the verb. For counting times, use kere or defa: üç kere sordum.
  • ara sıra
    from time to time
    ara is a gap, sıra is a turn: "in the gaps, now and then." It goes before the verb: "Ara sıra uğrarım." It differs from bazen in tone: not "sometimes it happens" but "irregularly, once in a while."
  • şimdiye kadar
    so far
    kadar means "until," and it comes AFTER a word with the "to" ending: şimdiye kadar, akşama kadar. It means "up to now" and usually brings a past tense with it. "Still" in the sense of "even now" is hâlâ.
  • birden
    suddenly
    bir is "one," and the "from" ending gives "all at once." It goes at the start of a sentence or before the verb: "Birden yağmur başladı." aniden is stronger and more bookish, and birdenbire is the same word, reinforced.
  • önceden
    in advance
    önce is "before," and -den gives "in advance." It goes before the verb: "Önceden haber ver." It works the same in compounds: önceden rezervasyon, advance booking; önceden ödeme, prepayment.
  • zamanında
    on time
    zaman in the "at" form with the linking ending: "in its time, on time." It goes before the verb: "Zamanında geldi." It also has a colloquial second meaning, "once, in the old days": "Zamanında ben de koşardım."
  • acilen
    urgently
    acil is urgent (as in acil servis, the emergency room), and -en makes an adverb. It goes before the verb and sounds official: "Acilen cevap bekliyoruz." In speech people say hemen or acele instead.
  • hemen
    right away
    It goes right before the verb: "Hemen geliyorum," I'm coming right away. Paired with another word it gives "almost" or "right": hemen hemen aynı, almost the same; hemen yanında, right next to it.
  • yavaş yavaş
    slowly but surely
    yavaş is slow; doubling gives "little by little, step by step," the same device as in sık sık. It goes before the verb: "Yavaş yavaş alışıyorum." The bookish option is giderek, "increasingly."
  • son anda
    at the last moment
    an is a moment, son is last: "at the last moment." It goes at the start of a sentence or before the verb: "Son anda yetiştim." A last-minute decision is son dakika kararı, and a breaking-news headline reads SON DAKİKA.
  • er ya da geç
    sooner or later
    early or passing: er "early" + ya da "or" + geç "late". Truth and buses arrive this way
  • bir defasında
    once
    defa is "a time": bir defasında is "once, on one occasion". Bir keresinde says the same, and so does bir gün about the past. The long-ago "once upon a time" is bir zamanlar, and fairy tales open differently: "Bir varmış bir yokmuş."
  • çocukken
    as a child
    çocukken — cho-JOOK-ken
  • o zamanlar
    in those days
    Literally "those times," with no ending: the word itself says "when." Nearby: o zamandan beri, "since then," and o zaman, "then."
  • Uzun zaman önceydi
    it was long ago
    Uzun zaman önceydi — oo-ZOON za-MAN UN-jey-di
  • ilk kez
    for the first time
    Turkish has three words for "time" as in "one time": kez, defa, kere. They are interchangeable, and kez is slightly more formal. "For the last time" is son kez.
  • gelecek
    the future
    the participle of gelmek "to come": the coming. Next week, next year, the future — all gelecek
  • geçmiş
    the past
    geçmiş — gech-MISH
  • önümüzdeki planlar
    upcoming plans
    önümüzdeki planlar — u-nuu-muuz-DE-ki plan-LAR
  • bir yıl sonra
    in a year
    bir yıl sonra — bir yuhl SON-ra
  • sürekli
    all the time
    sürekli — suu-rek-LI
  • geçici olarak
    temporarily
    geçici olarak — ge-chi-JI o-la-RAK
  • uygun saat
    a convenient time
    uygun means suitable, convenient; rahat would mean comfortable, as a chair is. And saat here is not "hour" but the time of an appointment.
  • saat belirlemek
    to set a time
    belli means clear, definite; belirlemek is to set or fix. For an appointment at a doctor or an office, people say randevu almak instead.
  • öğleden sonra
    in the afternoon
    öğleden sonra — uh-le-DEN SON-ra
  • akşama doğru
    toward evening
    akşama doğru — ak-sha-MA doh-ROO
  • istediğin zaman
    anytime
    istediğin zaman — is-te-dii-IN za-MAN
  • Beşten önce olmaz
    not before five
    Beşten önce olmaz — besh-TEN UN-je ol-MAZ
  • Zamanında orada olurum
    I'll be there on time
    Zamanında orada olurum — za-ma-nuhn-DA o-ra-DA o-LOO-room
  • -ene kadar
    until
    A participle on -en plus kadar: "up to the point that". Turkish puts no negation here although the sense asks for one: gelene kadar bekle — wait until I come.
  • yüzyıl
    century
    ü rounded, dotless ı: yüz-YIL
  • çağ
    era
    ç like "ch", ğ stretches the a: CHA-a
  • on yıl
    decade
    There is no single word for "decade": it is counted literally — on yıl. Son on yılda — over the last decade.
  • dönem
    period
    ö rounded: dö-NEM
  • an
    instant
    A short Arabic word. O anda — at that instant, bir an — for an instant, şu an — right now. One of the commonest words of Turkish storytelling.
  • uzun süreli
    long-term
    uzun is long, süre a term, -li "with": "with a long term". Its pair is kısa süreli, short-term.
  • geçenlerde
    the other day
    geçen is past, then the plural and the where form: "in the past days". Always about the past; "the other day" about the future is birkaç güne kadar.
  • günümüzde
    nowadays
    ü three times: gü-nü-müz-DE
  • öteden beri
    since time immemorial
    öte is the far side, then the from-where form and the word beri, since: "from that side and hither". The phrase is frozen whole.
  • dakikalar içinde
    within minutes
    Literally "inside the minutes". The same build works with any span: saatler içinde, günler içinde.
  • çağdaş
    contemporary
    ç like "ch", ş like "sh": ça-DAŞ
  • antik
    ancient
    About antiquity and archaeology: antik kent, antik çağ. Its neighbor antika is about an old thing at the antique shop, not about millennia.
  • mazi
    days gone by
    Arabic, with a shade of sadness. Geçmiş, the past, is neutral; mazi is what is gone beyond return: mazide kaldı.
  • arada sırada
    once in a while
    ara is a gap, sıra a turn: "in a gap, in a turn". It is also said shorter — ara sıra; the meaning is the same.
  • günlük olarak
    on a daily basis
    gün is a day, -lük makes the adjective "daily", olarak the adverb. On a schedule they write günlük, in speech they say her gün.
  • düzenli olarak
    regularly
    ü rounded: dü-zen-LI o-la-RAK
  • ilk defa
    for the very first time
    defa is an occasion (Arabic), kez the same in Turkish. İlk kez and ilk defa mean one thing — the first time — in two different words.
  • yeni baştan
    over again
    yeni is new, baş a start, -tan the from-where form: "from a new start". People also say simply baştan.
  • giderek daha sık
    more and more often
    dotless ı: gi-DE-rek da-HA SIK
  • hafta içi
    on weekdays
    hafta is a week, iç the inside: "inside the week". Its pair is hafta sonu, the weekend; shop signs spell out the hours this way.
  • iki seferde bir
    every other time
    sefer is an occasion, a trip. The frame "-de bir" sets the frequency: yılda bir once a year, ayda bir once a month, iki seferde bir every other time.
  • yılda bir
    once a year
    The same build "-de bir": the year in the where form plus "one". haftada bir and günde üç kez are built the same way.
  • ikide bir
    constantly
    Literally "once in two", but it means not frequency so much as exasperation: ikide bir soruyor — he is forever asking. Always with a light irritation.
  • bu sırada
    meanwhile
    sıra is a turn, a moment: "at this moment". The similar bu arada exists, but it means "by the way".
  • eş zamanlı olarak
    simultaneously
    eş is a pair, an equal; zamanlı "with time". Literally "of equal time". In geometry parallel lines are called differently — paralel.
  • o zamana kadar
    until then
    The word kadar, until, demands the to-where tail: o zamana, akşama, sabaha kadar. It stands after the noun, like every such word in Turkish.
  • sonradan
    afterwards
    sonra is later, -dan the from-where form: "already after". Often with the shade of "after the fact": sonradan öğrendim — I learned only afterwards.
  • bir gün önce
    the day before
    ö rounded: bir GÜN ÖN-je
  • ilerleyen zamanlarda
    down the line
    ilerlemek is to advance, ilerleyen advancing: "in the times that are coming". In speech the shorter ileride.
  • bu sefer
    this time
    sefer is an occasion and a trip at once. Bu sefer, geçen sefer, bir dahaki sefere — three phrases that hold the whole story of repeats.
  • vaktinde
    in due time
    vakit is time (Arabic); before the ending the vowel drops: vakit gives vaktinde. Zamanında, on time, means almost the same.
  • geriye dönük
    retroactively
    geriye is backward, dönük turned: "turned backward". In bookkeeping and law this is "with retroactive force": geriye dönük ödeme.
  • vakit kaybetmeden
    without delay
    vakit is time, kaybetmek to lose, -meden 'not doing': 'without losing time'. The tail -meden negates such a phrase.
  • şubat
    February
    ş is "sh": shu-BAT
  • mart
    March
    Latin Mars, as elsewhere in Europe. "In March" is martta — the where form with a doubled t: mart + ta.
  • nisan
    April
    Also a Semitic name, not a Latin one. There is a female name Nisan too — from the month, and in Turkey it took hold.
  • mayıs
    May
    dotless ı, unvoiced: ma-YUHS
  • haziran
    June
    An Arabic name, from the root for "heat". Turks count the start of summer from it: haziranda yaz başlar.
  • ağustos
    August
    ğ is not pronounced, it only stretches the a: a-us-TOS
  • eylül
    September
    ü with rounded lips: ey-LÜL
  • ekim
    October
    The only month with a transparent Turkish meaning: ekmek is "to sow", ekim is "sowing", the time of winter crops. The collision with ekmek, "bread", is an accident.
  • kasım
    November
    dotless ı: ka-SUHM
  • aralık
    December
    The same word as "gap, interval": December is the crack between two years. Hence also "the door is ajar" — kapı aralık.
  • yıl
    year
    dotless ı, unvoiced: YUHL
  • yirmi dört saat
    twenty-four hours
    No separate word for the 24-hour day: people say "twenty-four hours" or simply gün. The sign 24 saat açık is "open around the clock".
  • asır
    century
    dotless ı: a-SUHR
  • dakika
    minute
    Bir dakika! — "Just a minute!" — is the word's most common job. After a number there is no plural: beş dakika, not dakikalar.
  • saniye
    second (of time)
    Arabic for "the second" — the second share of the hour after the minute. In speech bir saniye works like bir dakika: "one sec, wait".
  • yarım saat
    half an hour
    yarım is a half of something not counted whole: yarım saat, yarım ekmek. But half WITH a number is buçuk: bir buçuk saat, one and a half hours.
  • öğle
    noon
    ö with rounded lips, ğ silent and stretching the ö: ur-LE
  • gece yarısı
    midnight
    Literally "the middle of the night": gece plus yarı with the possessive -sı. yıl başı ("new year") and hafta sonu ("the weekend") are built the same way.
  • şimdi
    now
    ş is "sh": SHIM-di
  • süre
    term
    ü with rounded lips: sew-RE
  • sonraki
    next
    From sonra ("after") plus the tail -ki, which turns an adverb into an adjective — Turkish's own way of saying "the one after".
  • geçen
    last (just past)
    A participle of geçmek, "to pass": literally "the passing one". Geçen hafta is "last week".
  • geç kalmak
    to be late
    Literally "to remain late". Being late TO something takes the -a/-e tail: işe geç kalmak.
  • yetişmek
    to make it in time
    Making it TO something takes the -a/-e tail: trene yetişmek, "to catch the train". Also "to grow up", about a child.
  • tekrar
    again
    Also the noun "a repeat". tekrar etmek is "to repeat".
  • yakında
    soon
    From yakın ("near") plus the where form. The same word means "nearby" about place.
  • çok önce
    long ago
    Literally "much earlier". uzun zamandır is "for a long time now" — a different shade.
  • geçenlerde
    recently
    From geçen ("past") in the plural and where form. Literally "in the past [times]".
  • geç
    late
    From geçmek, "to pass": late means "the time has passed". Its pair is erken.
  • erken
    early
    Both adverb and adjective: erken tren is "an early train".
  • hızlı
    fast
    Both adverb and adjective — one form. From hız, "speed".
  • az önce
    just now
    Literally "a little earlier". The synonym demin is shorter and more conversational.
  • sabahleyin
    in the morning
    The tail -leyin is a fossil: it never changes with vowel harmony and only ever appears with sabah, akşam and gece.
  • gündüz
    during the day
    The light part of the day, the partner of gece ("night"). Noon is a different word already: öğleyin.
  • akşamleyin
    in the evening
    The same unchanging tail as in sabahleyin. In living speech people more often say akşamları.
  • geceleyin
    at night
    Bare gece works as an adverb too: gece geldi, "he came at night".
  • her gün
    every day
    "her" cannot stand a plural: only her gün, never her günler.
  • bütün gün
    all day
    bütün is "whole, untouched". The same idea can also be said as gün boyu — "from morning till night".
  • an
    moment
    One syllable, and in speech it almost always lives in phrases: bir an is "for a moment", şu anda is "right now".
  • saat
    clock (the device)
    The same word as "hour". When it matters, people specify: kol saati is a wristwatch, duvar saati is a wall clock.
  • saat kaç
    what time is it?
    Literally "hour [is] how much". The answer flips the order back: saat üç is "three o'clock".
  • bir gün
    someday
    Literally "one day". About the future it is "someday", about the past "once upon a time". For "have you ever" a question takes hiç, not this: Hiç İstanbul'a gittin mi?
  • sabah
    morning
    A bare noun: sabah is "morning", sabahleyin is "in the morning", and bare sabah works as an adverb too — sabah kalktım, "I got up in the morning". The greeting günaydın is not related to it.
  • iki kez
    twice
    kez, kere and defa are interchangeable here: ilk kez, günde iki kez. It counts repeats, not people — for people there is iki kişi.
  • sürmek
    to last
    In the sense "to last", it is about time: iki saat sürdü — it took two hours. The same verb drives a car: araba sürmek — to drive.

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saat — hour. The same word names clocks — wrist and wall — and the time they show: Saat kaç? is "what time is it?"

gün — day. Both the 24 hours and the daylight. It often comes with the days of the week: salı günü is "on Tuesday", pazar günü "on Sunday". And "in the daytime" is gündüz, a separate word.

bugün — today. Bu ("this") plus gün ("day"). Two words fused into one.

yarın — tomorrow. I dotless. Stands bare in the sentence, no preposition: yarın geliyorum. The day after is öbür gün, "the other day", not "after tomorrow".

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