Learn Turkish: Şirket bu ay büyük bir prim ödüyormuş. - I heard the company is paying a big bonus this month.

The verb combines the present continuous suffix -yor (is paying) with the inferential suffix -muş. Adding -muş to -yor shows that you are reporting a current plan or ongoing action that you learned about via hearsay, rather than knowing it firsthand.

Why is the verb spelled ödüyormuş instead of ödeyormuş?

The dictionary form of the verb is ödemek (to pay). When a verb root ends in a wide vowel like e and you add the continuous suffix -yor, that final vowel narrows. Because of vowel harmony, the e changes to ü, giving us ödüyor before we add the -muş suffix.

Why is the phrase ordered as büyük bir prim instead of bir büyük prim?

In Turkish, when a noun is modified by both a descriptive adjective like büyük and the indefinite article bir, the descriptive adjective comes first. The standard pattern is adjective + bir + noun.

Is prim the standard word for a workplace bonus?

Yes, in business and finance contexts, prim is the most common word for a bonus, commission, or premium paid to employees.