Word
İş güvencesi benim için önemli.
Meaning
Job security is important to me.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about İş güvencesi benim için önemli.
Why is it iş güvencesi and not just iş güvence?
Because iş güvencesi is a noun compound in Turkish.
The pattern is often:
noun + noun-(s)I
So here:
- iş = work, job
- güvence = security, assurance
- güvencesi = the second noun with the compound suffix
Together, iş güvencesi means job security or employment security.
That -si on güvence is normal in this kind of structure. It does not mean his/her here; it is part of the noun-compound pattern.
What exactly is the -si at the end of güvencesi?
It is the third-person possessive-looking suffix that appears in many Turkish noun compounds.
With vowel harmony, this suffix can appear as -ı, -i, -u, -ü, and after a vowel it usually takes a buffer s:
- kapı → kapısı
- araba → arabası
- güvence → güvencesi
So iş güvencesi follows the same pattern.
A useful way to think about it is:
- English often uses job security
- Turkish often uses iş güvencesi
Is iş güvencesi the same as iş güvenliği?