Saatler, Zaman - Telling Time

01/26/2010 18:08:23

Saatler / zaman - Telling time:

Tam saatler söylenirken:

What time is it?

(It is) twelve o'clock. [12:00]
Nine o'clock. [9:00]

Dakika söylenirken:

------------------	more formal
(It is) ten past/after eleven. [11:10]	eleven ten
Five to/till/before seven. [6:55]	six fiftyfive
Twenty past six.[6:20]	six twenty
Ten till eight. [7:50]	seven fifty

Buçuk ya da çeyrek saatleri söylerken:

--------------------	more formal
(It is) Half past four. [4:30]	four thirty
(It is a) quarter to/till two. [1:45]	one fortyfive
Quarter past nine. [9:15]	nine fifteen

It is noon: öğle vakti

at noon: öğle vaktinde

Come to see me at noon. (Öğlen beni görmeye gel.)

It's midnight: gece yarısı

What are you doing here at midnight? (Geceyarısı burda napıyosun?)

It's time to go: şimdi gitme vakti

It's time to go or we'll miss the train. (Gitme zamanı, yoksa treni kaçıracağız.)

It's time to sleep: uyku zamanı

It's time to sleep, you'll get up early tomorrow. (Uyku zamanı, yarın erken kalkacaksın.)

morning: sabah

in the morning: sabahleyin

evening: akşam

in the evening: akşamleyin

twilight /early morning / dawn: tan, seher, sabahın güneş doğmadan önceki zamanı

at twilight / in the early morning / at dawn: seher vakti

sunset /sundown: gün batımı

sunrise: güneşin doğması

Idioms with time:

Clock - saat:

Work/race against the clock: work hard knowing you have a deadline - zamana karşı çalışmak / zamanla yarışmak.

Scientists are working against the clock to come up with a new vaccine.

to clock on/off: sign in or out of a company to show the hours you've worked - şirkete geliş / gidiş zamanı yazmak, kart basmak.

We need to clock in after we come back from lunch.

watch the clock (a clock watcher): make sure you only work the hours - saati izlemek, gözü saatte olan kimse, çıkış saatini dört gözle bekleyen kimse.

If you're a clock watcher, then this job isn't for you.

Lack of time - yetersiz zaman:

pressed for time: not have much time - vakti olmamak, sıkışmak.

I'm a bit pressed for time at the moment. Do you mind if we have the meeting tomorrow?

run out of time: not have any time left - zamanı kalmamak.

We've run out of time on this project.

a race against time: have to do something fast within a deadline - zamana karşı yarış.

There's a race against time to save the rainforests.

no time to lose: no time to waste - kaybedecek zaman yok.

There's no time to lose. We've got to get going.

Have enough time - yeterli zaman:

have all the time in the world: have plenty of time - yeterli zamanı olmak.

You don't need to hurry. We've got all the time in the world.

have spare time: have free time - boş vakit, boş vakti olmak.

What do you do in your spare time?

have time on your hands / time to kill: too much time - zamanı olmak.

We've got a bit of time on our hands. What do you want to do?

kill time: zaman öldürmek.

take your time: not be in any hurry - acele etme.

Take your time answering the question.

in your own time: do something without worrying about how much time it takes - ne kadar zaman alacağı konusunda endişelenme.

I'll fix the car in my own time!

make good time: do something faster than you thought - tahmin ettiğinden daha kısa sürede bitirmek.

We made good time. It only took us an hour to get here.

time is on your side: be young and have plenty of time ahead of you - önünde daha çok zaman var.

You've got time on your side, so you shouldn't feel pressured into making a career decision now.

The right time for something - doğru zaman:

just in time : tam zamanında.

in the nick of time: without a second to spare - ucu ucuna, tam zamanında.

We got here in the nick of time. Look at all that rain!

high time: the right time - doğru zaman.

It's high time you got a job!

use the past simple after "high time"

it's about time: nihayet, zamanı geldi.

It's about time you found your own place to live.

Use the past simple after "it's about time"

not the time / hardly the time: an inappropriate time for something - uygun zaman değil.

It's not the time to ask me for a pay rise!

Other expressions with time - zamanla ilgili diğer ifadeler:

lose track of time: forget about the time - zamanı unutmak.

She was so engrossed in her book she lost all track of time.

call time on: bring an end to something - sona erdirmek.

The government are calling time on internet spammers.

take time out: have a pause from something - ara vermek.

He needs to take some time out from his work.

keep time: show the right time - doğru zamaı göstermek.

My watch doesn't keep good time.

on the company's time: do something else when you're at work - iş zamanında.

We're not allowed to use twitter on the company's time.

ahead of his/her time: be forward-thinking - zamanının ilerisinde.

He's definitely ahead of his time. He's always got so many fascinating ideas.

behind the times: old-fashioned - zamanın gerisinde kalmış, modası geçmiş.

He's so behind the times. He still plays records! Can you believe it?

keep up/move with the times: remain modern - zamanı takip etmek, modern kalmak.

My mum is learning to use email to keep up with the times.

have the time of your life: have a great time - çok iyi zaman geçirmek.

She's having the time of her life at University. She loves it!

before your time: before a person lived or worked in a place - doğmadan ya da orda yaşamaya başlamadan önce.

There used to be a post office here. That was before your time, of course.

time and a half: when a worker is paid extra for working overtime - fazla mesai ücreti.

We get time and a half if we work on Saturdays.

overtime: money paid for working extra hours - fazla mesai.

The firm are cutting back on overtime.

time share: a holiday home bought by more than one person, where each "owner" has a certain period of the year they can use it - devre mülk tatili.

Time share apartments are cheap at the moment.

time warp: stuck in a past time - geçmiş zamanda kalmak.

There are no fast food places and everything's closed on Sundays.

time zone:area where the clocks are the same - zaman dilimi.

The UK is in a different time zone from the rest of Europe.

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