Vergi means tax. In a report or a calculation, the ending tells you whether you mean a particular tax, several taxes, or someone’s tax. Work with the whole word before combining endings.
The idea
The stem vergi stays intact: vergiyi is the specific direct object, vergiye is dative and verginin is genitive. The plural is vergiler; possession gives vergim, vergin, vergisi, vergimiz and verginiz. In şirketin vergisi (the company’s tax), -si marks possession. As a direct object, that phrase becomes şirketin vergisini: possession comes before the case ending, with n between them.
| Form | Meaning / function |
|---|---|
| vergi | tax; base form |
| vergiyi | specific direct object |
| vergiye | dative |
| vergide | locative |
| vergiden | ablative |
| verginin | genitive |
| vergiler | taxes; plural |
| vergim | my tax |
| vergin | your tax (singular) |
| vergisi | his/her/its tax |
| vergimiz | our tax |
| verginiz | your tax (plural/polite) |
| vergileri | their tax(es); possession reading |
| vergisini | his/her/its tax as direct object |
| vergilerimizden | from our taxes |
Examples
- Bu program vergiyi hesaplıyor.This program calculates the tax.
- Bugün vergileri birlikte hesaplayalım.Let’s calculate the taxes together today.
- Raporda vergiler ayrı gösteriliyor.Taxes are shown separately in the report.
- Metinde bu vergiye değinilmiyor.This tax is not mentioned in the text.
- Bu vergide bir hesaplama hatası var.There is a calculation error in this tax.
- Bu vergiden hiç söz etmiyoruz.We do not mention this tax at all.
- Bu verginin tutarını henüz bilmiyoruz.We do not yet know the amount of this tax.
- Şirketin vergisini yeniden hesaplayalım.Let’s recalculate the company’s tax.
- vergilerimizdenfrom our taxesvergiler-ler / -lar: the plural suffiximiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourden-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
- vergisinihis/her/its tax (specific object)vergisi-i / -si: his, her, itsnBuffer -n-: evinde, evinden, evinei-i / -ı / -u / -ü: marking the definite object
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Watch out
Vergiyi does not mean “his/her tax”: that is vergisi. To say “we are calculating the company’s tax”, use Şirketin vergisini hesaplıyoruz, keeping both possession and the object ending. By contrast, vergi ödemek means paying tax generally, while vergiyi ödemek refers to paying a particular tax.
Try it yourself
Write the whole word: Let’s recalculate this tax.
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vergiyi
vergiyi: bu identifies the particular tax being recalculated, so the object takes the accusative. The stem ends in a vowel, giving vergi + y + i.
Write the plural of vergi: taxes.
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vergiler
vergiler: the task asks for more than one tax, with no number before the noun. The last vowel of vergi is front, so the plural is -ler.
Write the whole word: Our tax is shown here. Use the singular noun.
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vergimiz
vergimiz: bizim identifies us as the possessors, but there is only one tax. Add -miz to the vowel-final stem; vergilerimiz would make the taxes plural.
Write the whole word: We are calculating the company’s tax. Use the singular noun.
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vergisini
vergisini: şirketin requires the possessive form vergisi, and the calculation acts on that tax. Add n and the accusative -i; vergiyi alone would lose the possessive link.
Practice round
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Write the whole word: Let’s recalculate this tax.
Write the plural of vergi: taxes.
Write the whole word: Our tax is shown here. Use the singular noun.
Write the whole word: We are calculating the company’s tax. Use the singular noun.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: from our taxes
Tap the parts in order to build this word: his/her/its tax (specific object)
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Invent a short calculation exercise. Use bu vergiyi, bizim vergimiz and şirketin vergisini in three sentences, then mark which ending identifies possession and which marks the object.