I can name the day of the week, say “on Saturday” and “on Fridays” — cumartesi günü, cuma günleri — tell what I do every day and sometimes, and make plans for tomorrow.
Days of the week and “how often”: Hangi gün? Ne zaman?
Days of the week and “how often”: Hangi gün? Ne zaman?
A week (hafta) has seven days: see the table. Turkish writes the days with a small letter, unlike English. Pazar means both “Sunday” and “market”.
“On Monday” is pazartesi günü: after the name of the day comes the word günü, with no locative ending. “On Fridays”, every week, is cuma günleri. Also without an ending: hafta sonu “on the weekend”, bugün, yarın.
Questions: Ne zaman? — “When?”, Hangi gün? — “On what day?” The question word stands where the answer will be, with no English inversion: Merve ne zaman dönüyor? — Merve yarın dönüyor.
How often: her gün “every day”, her zaman “always”, bazen “sometimes”. After her the word stays singular: her hafta sonu, her perşembe.
For tomorrow you can use the usual -yor form; the time word shows the future: Yarın çalışıyorum. — “I'm working tomorrow.”
Common mistakes:
• NOT “cumarteside” → cumartesi günü
• NOT “her günler” → her gün
• NOT “pazar günde” → pazar günü
The seven days of the week
Once — günü; every week — günleri. No locative ending is needed.
| Day | On this day | On these days |
|---|---|---|
| pazartesi | pazartesi günü | pazartesi günleri |
| salı | salı günü | salı günleri |
| çarşamba | çarşamba günü | çarşamba günleri |
| perşembe | perşembe günü | perşembe günleri |
| cuma | cuma günü | cuma günleri |
| cumartesi | cumartesi günü | cumartesi günleri |
| pazar | pazar günü | pazar günleri |
How often
After her the word stays singular: her sabah, her hafta.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| her zaman | always | Her zaman buradayım. |
| her gün | every day | Her gün işteyim. |
| bazen | sometimes | Bazen evdeyim. |
Lesson notes
Days of the week and “how often”: Hangi gün? Ne zaman?
A week (hafta) has seven days: see the table. Turkish writes the days with a small letter, unlike English. Pazar means both “Sunday” and “market”.
“On Monday” is pazartesi günü: after the name of the day comes the word günü, with no locative ending. “On Fridays”, every week, is cuma günleri. Also without an ending: hafta sonu “on the weekend”, bugün, yarın.
Questions: Ne zaman? — “When?”, Hangi gün? — “On what day?” The question word stands where the answer will be, with no English inversion: Merve ne zaman dönüyor? — Merve yarın dönüyor.
How often: her gün “every day”, her zaman “always”, bazen “sometimes”. After her the word stays singular: her hafta sonu, her perşembe.
For tomorrow you can use the usual -yor form; the time word shows the future: Yarın çalışıyorum. — “I'm working tomorrow.”
Common mistakes:
• NOT “cumarteside” → cumartesi günü
• NOT “her günler” → her gün
• NOT “pazar günde” → pazar günü