Questions & Answers about Kasiyer nakit aldı ve fişi verdi.
Why does fiş have the ending -i (becoming fişi), but nakit has no ending?
Turkish marks a definite direct object with the accusative suffix.
- fiş
- -(y)i → fişi = the/that receipt (definite object)
- nakit appears bare here because it’s either an indefinite mass noun or functioning adverbially as in English in cash. Examples:
- Kasiyer fişi verdi. = The cashier gave the receipt.
- Kasiyer fiş verdi. = The cashier gave a receipt. (indefinite)
- To make the cash definite, you’d usually say: parayı nakit olarak aldı or nakit parayı aldı (he took the cash money).
Where are the English articles “a” and “the”?
Turkish has no articles. Definiteness is often shown by:
- Accusative on direct objects (e.g., fişi = the receipt).
- Optionally using bir for “a/an” with indefinite nouns (e.g., Bir kasiyer... = A cashier...). A bare subject like Kasiyer is typically understood as the cashier (specific/known) from context.
How are aldı and verdi formed, and what tense/person are they?