Breakdown of Yabancı kimlik numarası verilmedi; dolayısıyla pasaport numarası gerekiyor.
gerekmek
to be necessary
verilmek
to be given
yabancı kimlik numarası
a foreigner identification number
pasaport numarası
a passport number
Questions & Answers about Yabancı kimlik numarası verilmedi; dolayısıyla pasaport numarası gerekiyor.
What does yabancı kimlik numarası mean literally?
Literally, it breaks down like this:
- yabancı = foreigner / foreign
- kimlik = identity / ID
- numara = number
- -sı in numarası = the its / of ending used in noun compounds
So yabancı kimlik numarası means foreigner identity number or more naturally foreign national ID number.
This is a noun compound, which is very common in Turkish. In English we often stack nouns too, but Turkish marks the second noun with a possessive-type ending:
- pasaport numarası = passport number
- telefon numarası = phone number
- kimlik kartı = identity card
Why is it verilmedi? What grammar is that?
Verilmedi comes from the verb vermek = to give.
It can be analyzed as:
- ver- = give
- -il- = passive marker
- -me- = negative
- -di = past tense
So verilmedi means was not given, was not provided, or depending on context, has not been assigned/provided.
In this sentence, verilmedi is passive, so the focus is not on who failed to give it, but simply on the fact that it was not given.
Why is the passive used here instead of an active verb?