Bordroya göre bu ay fazla mesai yaptım.

According to the payslip, I worked overtime this month.

Breakdown of Bordroya göre bu ay fazla mesai yaptım.

• bu: this
• ay: the month
• göre: according to
• fazla mesai yapmak: to work overtime

Questions & Answers about Bordroya göre bu ay fazla mesai yaptım.

What does bordroya göre mean, and why is bordro in the form bordroya?

Bordroya göre means according to the payroll / payslip / wage statement.

The word göre is a postposition in Turkish, and it usually requires the noun before it to take the dative ending.

• bordro = payroll, payslip
• bordroya = to/according to the payroll
• göre = according to

So:

• bordroya göre = according to the payroll

This is very common in Turkish:

• bana göre = according to me / in my opinion
• hava durumuna göre = according to the weather forecast
• kurallara göre = according to the rules

Because bordro ends in a vowel, the dative ending appears as -ya:

• bordro + ya → bordroya

What exactly does bordro mean here? Is it payroll or payslip?