Use ticaret for trade or commerce as an activity. You will describe how it changes, what supports it and whose trade you mean, without treating every sale as a separate ticaret.
The idea
Ticaret yapmak means to trade or do business; the noun stays bare in this expression. This word keeps its final t before vowels: ticareti, ticarete, ticaretimiz. Compare ticarette and ticaretten, with two written ts. The plural ticaretler is possible for distinct commercial activities, but general trade normally stays singular. The table gives this noun’s forms; the related suffix lessons explain how the endings work.
| Form | Use |
|---|---|
| ticaret | trade; bare form |
| ticareti | trade as a specific object |
| ticarete | dative: to trade |
| ticarette | locative: in trade |
| ticaretten | ablative: from trade |
| ticaretin | genitive: of trade |
| ticaretler | plural; uncommon for the general activity |
| ticaretim | my trade |
| ticaretin | your trade; singular possessor |
| ticareti | his/her/its trade |
| ticaretimiz | our trade |
| ticaretiniz | your trade; plural or polite |
| ticaretleri | their trade; possessive reading |
| ticaretini | his/her/its trade as an object |
| ticaretinde | in his/her/its trade |
Examples
- Bu kasabada ticaret yavaşladı.Trade slowed down in this town.
- Babam yıllarca ticaret yaptı.My father traded for years.
- Bu yol ticareti kolaylaştırıyor.This road makes trade easier.
- Ticarete küçük bir dükkânda başladık.We started trading in a small shop.
- Ticarette güven önemlidir.Trust is important in trade.
- Ailem ticaretten geçiniyor.My family makes a living from trade.
- Bu liman bölgenin ticaretini canlandırdı.This port revitalised the region’s trade.
- Köyümüzün ticareti eskiden daha canlıydı.Our village’s trade used to be livelier.
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Watch out
Do not automatically translate several transactions as ticaretler: ticari işlemler is clearer when you mean individual transactions. Also distinguish ticareti as an object from bölgenin ticareti (the region’s trade); when the latter becomes an object, it is bölgenin ticaretini.
Try it yourself
Bu yol ___ kolaylaştırıyor. (ticaret) Complete with a form of ticaret: This road makes trade easier.
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ticareti
ticareti: the road facilitates trade, which is the object of kolaylaştırıyor. The object ending is -i, and the noun keeps its t.
___ güven önemlidir. (ticaret) Complete with a form of ticaret: Trust is important in trade.
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ticarette
ticarette: trust matters within the activity of trading. The locative is -te after the final voiceless t, so both consonants are written.
Bizim ___ bu limana bağlı. (ticaret) Complete with a form of ticaret: Our trade depends on this port.
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ticaretimiz
ticaretimiz: bizim identifies the owners as “we”. The ending -imiz expresses that relationship; this noun is the subject, so it needs no object ending.
Bölgenin ___ araştırıyoruz. (ticaret) Complete with a form of ticaret: We are researching the region’s trade.
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ticaretini
ticaretini: bölgenin first requires the possessive form ticareti. The whole phrase is then the object of araştırıyoruz, giving ticaret-i-n-i.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Bu yol ___ kolaylaştırıyor. (ticaret) Complete with a form of ticaret: This road makes trade easier.
___ güven önemlidir. (ticaret) Complete with a form of ticaret: Trust is important in trade.
Bizim ___ bu limana bağlı. (ticaret) Complete with a form of ticaret: Our trade depends on this port.
Bölgenin ___ araştırıyoruz. (ticaret) Complete with a form of ticaret: We are researching the region’s trade.
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Invent a small port town. Write one sentence about its trade, one about your family’s trade and one about a change affecting the town’s trade. Mark the possessive and case endings separately.