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Numbers

Constructing numbers in Turkish is simple and straightforward. The rule is to line up the parts in decreasing magnitude like

in English, but without putting any conjunctive words in between. For example, direct translation of 1256 from Turkish

would be ' thousand two hundred fifty six '. Let's continue to construct numbers after you take a look at the table below.

The numbers from 0 to 10 definitely need to be learned without any rule, as well as 10, 20, ..., 100 and

1,0001,000,0001,000,000,000.... After that, it's all about applying the simplestraightforward rules and practicing.

sıfır

yirmi bir

bir

yirmi iki

iki

otuz

üç

kırk

dört

elli

altmı

altı

yetmi

yedi

seksen

sekiz

doksan

dokuz

100

yüz

10 on

137

yüz otuz

yedi

11 on bir

200

iki yüz

12 on iki

300

üç yüz

13 on üç

1,000

bin

14 on dört 2,000

iki bin

15 on be 10,000

on bin

16 on altı

25,000

yirmi be

bin

17 on yedi 1,000,000

bir milyon

18 on sekiz 1,000,000,000 bir milyar

19 on dokuz

20 yirmi

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Looking at the table above, let us see how some numbers are read in different cases:

58 > elli sekiz

63 > altmı üç

97 > doksan yedi

104 > yüz dört

148 > yüz kırk sekiz

752 > yedi yüz elli iki

1,765 > bin yedi yüz

altmı be

48,392 > kırk sekiz bin üç yüz

doksan iki

305,018 > üç yüz be bin

on sekiz

4,762,345,258 > dört milyar yedi yüz altmı iki milyon üç yüz kırk be bin iki yüz elli sekiz

Now, practice time...

Number

Turkish spelling

dört

on dört

kırk dört

174

yüz yetmi dört

629

altı yüz yirmi dokuz

724

yedi yüz yirmi dört

1,785

bin yedi yüz seksen be

1,000,003

bir milyon üç

328

üç yüz yirmi sekiz

1,919

bin dokuz yüz on dokuz

2,004

iki bin dört

1,789

bin yedi yüz seksen dokuz

Another point to note here is how to read fractions. The most commonly used form, 'x.5', is read as the whole part of the

number followed by buuk . The only exception to this is the 0,5 case, which is read like the other fractions. For the other

fractions, the whole part of the number is read first, and then the fractional part is read as if it is a seperate number after

saying ' virgl '. Acually virgül means comma, and this word is used for separating the whole part and the fractional part of

a number because in Turkish convention fractions are separated by comma. Here are some examples:

2.5 > iki buçuk

274.5 > iki yüz yetmi dört

buçuk

0.5 > sıfır virgül be

104.25 > yüz dört virgül

yirmi be

14.8 > on dört virgül sekiz 7.52 > yedi virgül elli iki

1.705 > bir virgül yedi yüz

48,012 > kırk sekiz virgül

sıfır on iki

305,008 > üç yüz be virgül

sıfır sıfır sekiz

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Now, let us take a look at how order is indicated using the numbers. The suffix used for order is -inci . Adding this at the

and of any number will give the meaning of order. An important point to pay attention here, as always, is that this suffix

changes according to vowel harmony.

1 st > birinci

2 nd > ikinci (not ikiinci, one vowel falls when there is two next to each

other)

3 rd > üçüncü

4 th > dördüncü

5 th > beinci

6 th > altıncı (again, not altııncı because one of the double ı's falls)

7 th > yedinci

10 th > onuncu

25 th > yirmi beinci 50 th > ellinci (note the same vowel fall here)

I want to finish this part by giving the translations of fraction denoting adjectives. These are:

Half > Yarım (Be careful that this is used only as an adjective, the word buuk is used instead when you are reading

numbers)

Quarter > Çeyrek

Some sentences and prases using these adjectives would be:

Half an hour > yarım saat

Buy half a bread. > Yarım ekmek al.

Joe made a foul in the last quarter. > Joe son çeyrekte bir faul yaptı.

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