Breakdown of İşsizlik oranı geçen yıl yüzde on azaldı.
on
ten
yüz
one hundred
yıl
year
geçen
last, previous
işsizlik
unemployment
oran
rate
azalmak
to decrease
Questions & Answers about İşsizlik oranı geçen yıl yüzde on azaldı.
How does yüzde on mean "ten percent"?
In Turkish, percentages are built using the locative case suffix -de or -da on the word for hundred, which is yüz. So yüzde literally means "in a hundred". The number follows it, making yüzde on "ten in a hundred", or ten percent.
Why is there an -ı at the end of oranı?
İşsizlik oranı is a noun compound meaning "unemployment rate". When you link two nouns together like this in Turkish, the second noun gets a possessive suffix to connect them. The base word is oran (rate or proportion), and the -ı links it back to işsizlik (unemployment).
How is the word işsizlik (unemployment) built up?
It starts with the root iş, meaning "work" or "job". Adding the suffix -siz (which means "without") makes işsiz (jobless). Finally, adding the suffix -lik turns it into the noun işsizlik (unemployment).
Doesn't geçen literally mean "passing"? Why does it mean "last" here?
Yes, geçen comes from the verb geçmek (to pass). In Turkish, referring to a previous time period like "last year" or "last week" is naturally expressed as the "passing" year (geçen yıl) or "passing" week (geçen hafta).
Why is yüzde on placed right before the verb?
In Turkish, the piece of information that most closely describes the action is usually placed right before the verb. Here, yüzde on tells us exactly how much the rate decreased, so it sits immediately before the verb azaldı (decreased).
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