B1 · 43 words
Numbers and quantities in Turkish
Millions and percentages, first and last, a third and double, metres and weight.
Practise this list
From these 43 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
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After a number the noun stays singular: üç kilo, bir düzine yumurta “a dozen eggs”, iki kilometre. Ordinals take -inci under the four-way harmony, much like English -th: birinci, ikinci, üçüncü, dördüncü. “Per cent” comes before the number (yüzde elli, “hundred-in fifty”), fractions are made with the locative (üçte bir “one in three”, a third), and the decimal point is a comma: üç virgül beş. How big, long or heavy something is, a noun with a possessive says: dört metre uzunluğunda “four metres long”.
The words
Verb (7)
artmakto rise, to increaseVerbB1
No object; “to raise” is artırmak. Aorist artar.
azalmakto decrease, to go downVerbB1
No object; “to reduce” is azaltmak.
hesaplamakto calculateVerbB1
What: accusative.
saymakto countVerbB1
What: accusative; “up to”: dative with kadar. Aorist sayar.
ölçmekto measureVerbB1
What: accusative. Aorist ölçer.
tahmin etmekto guess, to estimateVerbB1
What: accusative. The guess itself: tahmin.
bölmekto divide, to splitVerbB1
Noun (19)
yüzdeper centNounB1
Before the number: yüzde altmış, written %60 with the sign first. “Sixty per cent of them”: yüzde altmışı.
toplamtotal; in totalNounB1
Without an ending also “in total”; “to add up” is toplamak.
ortalamaaverage; on averageNounB1
metremetreNounB1
santimetrecentimetreNounB1
Short form santim, written cm.
ağırlıkweightNounB1
Softens: ağırlığı.
uzunluklengthNounB1
yükseklikheightNounB1
miktaramount, quantityNounB1
sayınumberNounB1
rakamfigure, digitNounB1
rakam is the written sign, sayı the number.
artıplusNounB1
Likewise eksi “minus”, çarpı “times”, bölü “divided by”.
eksiminusNounB1
Also in sums: on eksi üç yedi eder.
düzinedozenNounB1
kilometrekilometreNounB1
virgülcomma; decimal pointNounB1
Turkish writes 3,5 where English writes 3.5, and says üç virgül beş.
oranrate, ratio, proportionNounB1
birimunit; departmentNounB1
tontonneNounB1
Adjective (7)
sonunculast (in a row)AdjectiveB1
For a ranking; “the last bus” is usually son otobüs.
teksingle, only; odd (number)AdjectiveB1
Also “odd”: tek sayı “odd number”.
fazlamore; too muchAdjectiveB1
“More than” with the ablative: yüz liradan fazla; before an adjective “too”: fazla sıcak.
eşitequalAdjectiveB1
yeterlienough, sufficientAdjectiveB1
yetersizinsufficient, not enoughAdjectiveB1
sınırlılimitedAdjectiveB1
Adverb (1)
yaklaşıkabout, approximatelyAdverbB1
Pronoun (1)
çoğumost (of them)PronounB1
After a genitive: arkadaşlarımın çoğu; on its own also “mostly”: çoğu zaman.
Conjunction (1)
isewhereas, on the other handConjunctionB1
Comes after the word being contrasted — not at the start of the sentence like “whereas”.
Numeral (3)
milyonmillionNumeralB1
milyarbillion (thousand million)NumeralB1
With bir in front, unlike bin: bir milyar, but bin alone.
üçüncüthirdNumeralB1
Ordinal with -üncü under harmony: dördüncü; after a vowel the first vowel of the ending drops: altıncı, yedinci.
Phrase (4)
en azat leastPhraseB1
en fazlaat mostPhraseB1
üçte bira thirdPhraseB1
Fractions with the locative: dörtte bir “a quarter”, dörtte üç “three quarters”.
iki katıdouble, twice as muchPhraseB1
Likewise üç katı “three times as much”.
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