Learn Turkish: İyi bir gelir için kaç tane hisse alacağız? - How many shares will we buy for a good income?

İyi bir gelir için kaç tane hisse alacağız?

How many shares will we buy for a good income?

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Questions & Answers about İyi bir gelir için kaç tane hisse alacağız?

Why is it alacağız with a ğ instead of a k?

The verb root is al- (to buy or take). The future tense suffix is -acak. When we add the 'we' ending -ız, the k ends up between two vowels (the second a and the ı). In Turkish, a k between vowels usually softens into a ğ. So, alacakız becomes alacağız.

Doesn't gelir usually mean 'he comes' or 'it comes'? Why does it mean 'income' here?

You are right that gelir is the simple present (aorist) form of gelmek (to come). Over time, this verb form was adopted as a noun to mean 'income' or 'revenue' (literally money that comes in). In this sentence, İyi bir gelir means 'A good income'.

Why is the word hisse in the singular form when the English translation says 'shares'?

In Turkish, nouns that come after numbers or quantity words like kaç (how many) always stay in their singular form. You must say kaç tane hisse, never kaç tane hisseler.

Do I have to use tane here? Could I just say kaç hisse?