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Şirkette çoğunluğun payı üçte iki.

Şirkette çoğunluğun payı üçte iki.
The majority's share in the company is two-thirds.
From Lesson 166:Fractions and percentages (yüzde, -de)·Turkish

Breakdown of Şirkette çoğunluğun payı üçte iki.

iki
two
üç
three
şirket
company
pay
share
çoğunluk
majority

Questions & Answers about Şirkette çoğunluğun payı üçte iki.

How does üçte iki mean "two-thirds"?
In Turkish, fractions are built using the locative case suffix, which usually means "in" or "at". Üçte iki literally translates to "in three, two" (meaning two out of three). You always say the total number of parts first with the locative ending, followed by the number of parts you have.
Why is there a ğ in çoğunluğun?
The root word is çoğunluk, meaning "majority". When we add the genitive ending -un to say "the majority's", the hard k at the end of the word softens into a ğ because it is followed by a vowel.
Why does pay (share) have an -ı at the end?
It links back to çoğunluğun to show ownership. While çoğunluğun gets the genitive "owner" ending, pay gets the possessive ending -ı to show it is the thing being owned. Together, çoğunluğun payı means "the majority's share".
There is no verb like "is" in the Turkish sentence. How does that work?
In Turkish, you often don't need a specific word for "is" when making a statement about a third party (like "the share"). Simply placing the fraction üçte iki at the end of the sentence is enough to mean "is two-thirds".

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