A salary can arrive in an account, include travel expenses or provide money to save. Use maaş in these situations while keeping track of whose salary it is and what role it plays in the sentence.
The idea
Maaş keeps both letters a and its final ş: maaşa, maaşı, maaşlar. In Maaşı biliyorum, maaşı marks a specific salary as the object; in Onun maaşı yüksek, it means his or her salary. Once that possessed noun becomes the object, use onun maaşını. The table separates the forms; the suffix lessons explain their wider use.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base form | maaş |
| Accusative: specific salary as object | maaşı |
| Dative | maaşa |
| Locative | maaşta |
| Ablative | maaştan |
| Genitive | maaşın |
| Plural | maaşlar |
| My salary | maaşım |
| Your salary (singular) | maaşın |
| His/her salary | onun maaşı |
| Our salary | maaşımız |
| Your salary (plural/polite) | maaşınız |
| Their salaries | onların maaşları |
| Our salaries | maaşlarımız |
| From my salary | maaşımdan |
| His/her salary as object | onun maaşını |
| To his/her salary | onun maaşına |
Examples
- Maaşım dün hesabıma yattı.My salary was paid into my account yesterday.
- Bu maaşa yol parası dâhil.Travel expenses are included in this salary.
- Maaşlarımız bu ay değişmedi.Our salaries did not change this month.
- Maaşımdan her ay biraz para biriktiriyorum.I save a little money from my salary every month.
- Teklif edilen maaşın tamamı belgede yazıyor.The full amount of the offered salary is stated in the document.
- Onun maaşını kendi maaşımla karşılaştırmıyorum.I do not compare his or her salary with my own.
- Maaşta küçük bir artış var.There is a small increase in the salary.
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Watch out
Do not choose the last ending from the bare noun after adding possession. Compare maaştan with maaşımdan: the ablative now follows m, so it begins with d. Likewise, onun maaşına retains the possessive ending and adds n before the dative; bare maaşa does not mean “to his/her salary”.
Try it yourself
Complete: There is a small increase in this salary. Use the locative.
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maaşta
maaşta: the increase is in this salary, so the sentence needs a locative. The final ş gives t, and the last vowel a selects -ta.
Complete with “from my salary”: I set aside some money every month.
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maaşımdan
maaşımdan: the money comes from the speaker’s own salary. Keep maaşım for “my salary” before adding -dan to identify the source.
Complete: I do not know his or her salary. Keep the possessor and mark the object.
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maaşını
maaşını: onun identifies the owner, while bilmiyorum takes the salary as its object. Build maaşı + n + ı to express both roles.
Complete with “our salaries”: They are paid on the same day.
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maaşlarımız
maaşlarımız: several salaries belong to us, so -lar precedes -ımız. The completed noun is the subject of yatıyor and needs no accusative ending.
Practice round
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Complete: There is a small increase in this salary. Use the locative.
Complete with “from my salary”: I set aside some money every month.
Complete: I do not know his or her salary. Keep the possessor and mark the object.
Complete with “our salaries”: They are paid on the same day.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Invent a salary and write three sentences: when it arrives, what is included in it, and how much you save from it. Then change “my salary” to “his/her salary” and check each ending.