Şirket means a business or company. You will describe where people work, who receives a proposal and which companies belong to a group, then recognise the same noun inside sigorta şirketi (insurance company).
The idea
The stem keeps its final t, even before a vowel: şirketi, şirkete, şirketimiz. With location and source endings, the two adjacent consonants are both written: şirkette, şirketten. Possession comes before case: şirketimizden means from our company, while şirketlerimizden adds several companies. In sigorta şirketi, the final -i marks the noun compound; the dative is sigorta şirketine, with n before -e.
| Use | Turkish form |
|---|---|
| Base: company | şirket |
| Accusative: the company as object | şirketi |
| Dative: to the company | şirkete |
| Locative: at the company | şirkette |
| Ablative: from the company | şirketten |
| Genitive: of the company | şirketin |
| With the company | şirketle |
| Plural: companies | şirketler |
| My company | şirketim |
| Your company (singular) | şirketin |
| His/her company | şirketi |
| Our company | şirketimiz |
| Your company (plural/polite) | şirketiniz |
| Their company/companies | şirketleri |
| Our companies | şirketlerimiz |
| From our companies | şirketlerimizden |
| To the insurance company | sigorta şirketine |
Examples
- Şirket bu yıl büyüyor.The company is growing this year.
- Bu şirketle uzun süredir çalışıyoruz.We have been working with this company for a long time.
- Şirketimiz yeni bir ofis açıyor.Our company is opening a new office.
- Şirkete ayrıntılı bir teklif gönderdik.We sent the company a detailed proposal.
- Şirketten henüz cevap gelmedi.No reply has come from the company yet.
- Şirketin iki şubesi var.The company has two branches.
- Bu şirketi daha önce duymadım.I have not heard of this company before.
- Sigorta şirketine bir e-posta gönderdim.I sent an email to the insurance company.
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Watch out
Do not treat every şirketi as an accusative. In Bu şirketi tanıyorum, it is the object; in onun şirketi, it means his or her company. When sending something to an insurance company, retain the compound ending: sigorta şirketine, not sigorta şirkete.
Try it yourself
Complete: We work at the same company. Use şirket.
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şirkette
şirkette: the sentence asks where we work. The last vowel is e, and the final voiceless t requires -te, so the spelling has two consecutive t letters.
Complete: Do you know this company? Use şirket.
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şirketi
şirketi: bu identifies the company, and tanımak takes it as a definite object. Add the accusative -i without changing the stem’s t to d.
Complete: We sent a question to the insurance company. Keep the compound sigorta şirketi.
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şirketine
şirketine: the question is sent to a recipient, so the compound needs the dative. Keep şirketi from sigorta şirketi, then add n and -e.
Complete: There is news from our companies. Use plural + our + from.
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şirketlerimizden
şirketlerimizden: the news comes from several companies belonging to us. The order is şirket + ler + imiz + den; the final z of the possessive ending allows -den.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete: We work at the same company. Use şirket.
Complete: Do you know this company? Use şirket.
Complete: We sent a question to the insurance company. Keep the compound sigorta şirketi.
Complete: There is news from our companies. Use plural + our + from.
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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Write a short fictional work update: where you work, which company receives your proposal and where a reply comes from. Include şirketimiz and sigorta şirketine, and identify each ending.