Pasaport numarası ile vergi kimlik numarası aynı değil.

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Breakdown of Pasaport numarası ile vergi kimlik numarası aynı değil.

• aynı: same
• ile: and
• vergi kimlik numarası: a tax identification number

Questions & Answers about Pasaport numarası ile vergi kimlik numarası aynı değil.

What does ile mean here? I learned it as with.

Here ile connects the two things being compared. Its basic meaning is with, but in this pattern English usually translates it as and or as:

• A ile B aynı değil = A and B are not the same
• or A is not the same as B

So this sentence is saying that the passport number and the tax ID number do not match / are not the same.

Why is it pasaport numarası instead of just pasaport numara?

Because Turkish commonly makes noun compounds this way:

• first noun: bare form
• second noun: usually takes a possessive-type ending

So:

• pasaport = passport
• numara = number
• pasaport numarası = passport number

That -sı / -si / -su / -sü type ending on the second noun is very common in compounds like this. It does not mean that someone specifically possesses it in the normal sense; it is just how Turkish forms many expressions like passport number, phone number, identity card, and so on.

Why isn’t it pasaportun numarası?