Daily RoutineGünlük Rutin

Eren and Deniz compare their daily routines: when they get up, how they get to work and what they do in the evening.

Speakers: Eren (a friend), Deniz (a friend)

The Dialogue

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Eren
Deniz, her gün saat kaçta kalkarsın?
Deniz, what time do you get up every day?
Deniz
Genellikle saat yedide kalkarım. Sonra duş alırım ve kahvaltı yaparım.
I usually get up at seven. Then I take a shower and have breakfast.
Eren
İşe neyle gidersin?
How do you get to work?
Deniz
Otobüsle giderim. Ya sen?
I go by bus. And you?
Eren
Ben metroyla giderim. İşim saat dokuzda başlar.
I take the subway. My work starts at nine.
Deniz
İşten sonra ne yaparsın?
What do you do after work?
Eren
Eve dönerim, yemek yaparım ve biraz televizyon izlerim.
I go home, cook and watch a bit of TV.
Deniz
Ben televizyon izlemem. Akşamları genellikle kitap okurum.
I don't watch TV. In the evenings I usually read.
Eren
Saat kaçta yatarsın?
What time do you go to bed?
Deniz
On bir gibi yatarım.
Around eleven.

Grammar
Habits: the aorist
Daily habits use the aorist (simple present): kalkarım (I get up), giderim (I go), okurum (I read), izlerim (I watch). Its negative is different: izlemem (I don't watch), izlemezsin (you don't watch).
Grammar
With / by: -(y)lA
Otobüsle (by bus), metroyla (by subway), neyle? (by what?). The ending -la/-le comes from ile (with); after a vowel a y is added.
Grammar
Telling the time
Saat yedide = at seven o'clock (locative -de). On bir gibi = around eleven. Saat kaçta? = at what time?

1. Deniz saat kaçta kalkar?
What time does Deniz get up?
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Genellikle saat yedide.
Usually at seven.
2. Eren işe neyle gider?
How does Eren get to work?
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Metroyla gider.
By subway.
3. Deniz akşamları ne yapar?
What does Deniz do in the evenings?
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Kitap okur.
Deniz reads.