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“About” (approximation) in Turkish

By Şeyma P.

In Turkish, “About” (as in an approximation) is written as:

Yaklaşık

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I have about 40 pages left to read in the book.”

Kitapta okumam gereken yaklaşık 40 sayfa kaldı.

 
“We’ll arrive in about an hour.”

Yaklaşık bir saat sonra varacağız.

 
“There is about half a bottle left.”

Yaklaşık yarım şişe kaldı.

 
“It’s about 3:30pm right now.”

Şu anda saat 15:30 civarında.

 
“It’s about 30 degrees right now!”

Şu anda hava yaklaşık 30 derece!
 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“About” in Lebanese Arabic

“About” in Tunisian Arabic
 

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Şeyma P. is a Turkish citizen who has lived in Türkiye for over 20 years. Her favourite Turkish food is Karnıyarık, her favourite Turkish movie is Kış Uykusu (Winter Sleep), and her favourite city in Türkiye is Istanbul. She writes of the country's largest city, "I feel like a character from a novel or a story while wandering the streets and mostly getting lost :). It is impossible not to feel the Istanbul in poems, stories and novels. It's a city where I can't get enough of its cultural and artistic activities and often can't keep up.”

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