Be Punctual! – Learn How to Manage Your Time and Schedule Like a Native!

1. What time is it?

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Saat kaç? (Zamanı sormanın en temel ve doğrudan yolu.)
• 🇬🇧 English: The most common and direct way to ask for the current time.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: كم الساعة؟ (Kam al-sa’a?)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Qué hora es? / ¿Tiene hora?

2. Can we meet at…?

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Saat …’da buluşabilir miyiz? (Randevu teklif ederken kullanılır.)
• 🇬🇧 English: A polite way to suggest a specific time for a meeting or social gathering.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: هل يمكننا اللقاء في…؟ (Hal yumkinuna al-liqa’ fi…?)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Podemos quedar a las…? / ¿Podemos reunirnos a las…?

3. I’m running late.

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Gecikiyorum. / Geç kalıyorum. (Yolda olduğunuzu ve geç kalacağınızı haber verirken.)
• 🇬🇧 English: Used to inform someone that you will arrive later than the agreed time.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: أنا متأخر. (Ana muta’akh-khir.)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: Voy tarde. / Llego tarde.

4. Better late than never.

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Geç olsun da güç olmasın. (Gecikmeli de olsa bir şeyin gerçekleşmesinin iyi olduğunu belirtir.)
• 🇬🇧 English: A common idiom meaning it is better for something to happen late than not to happen at all.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: أن تأتي متأخراً خير من ألا تأتي أبداً. (An ta’ti muta’akhiran khayrun min ala ta’ti abadan.)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: Más vale tarde que nunca.

5. In the long run.

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Uzun vadede. / Sonuç olarak. (Gelecekteki etkileri anlatırken.)
• 🇬🇧 English: Used to describe what will happen over a long period of time in the future.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: على المدى الطويل. (Ala al-mada al-tawil.)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: A largo plazo.

6. Time flies!

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Zaman uçup gidiyor! / Zaman ne çabuk geçiyor!
• 🇬🇧 English: An idiom used when you are surprised at how quickly time has passed.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: الوقت يطير! (Al-waqtu yatir!)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: ¡El tiempo vuela! / ¡Cómo pasa el tiempo!

7. Around the clock.

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Gece gündüz. / 24 saat boyunca.
• 🇬🇧 English: Meaning 24 hours a day, without stopping.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: على مدار الساعة. (Ala madar al-sa’a.)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: Las veinticuatro horas. / Todo el día.

8. Let’s call it a day.

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Bugünlük bu kadar yeter. (İşi veya çalışmayı bitirme kararı alırken.)
• 🇬🇧 English: To decide to stop working or doing an activity because you are tired or have done enough.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: فلننهي العمل اليوم. (Falnunhi al-amal al-yawm.)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: Por hoy ya es suficiente. / Dejémoslo por hoy.

9. Just in time.

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Tam vaktinde. / Son anda.
• 🇬🇧 English: Used when something happens at the very last moment before it’s too late.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: في الوقت المناسب تماماً. (Fil waqt al-munasib tamaman.)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: Justo a tiempo.

10. Kill time.

• 🇹🇷 Türkçe: Vakit öldürmek. (Sadece zaman geçmesi için bir şeyler yapmak.)
• 🇬🇧 English: Doing something unimportant while you are waiting for something else to happen.
• 🇸🇦 Arabic: يقتل الوقت. (Yaqtulu al-waqt.)
• 🇪🇸 Spanish: Matar el tiempo.