Translation of Turkish word "yapmayı" to English
yapmayı
/japmajɯ/
Meaning
VerbA syntactic marker. A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
How to use
Verbal noun of 'yapmak' in the accusative case (yapma-y-ı). Used when an action is the specific direct object. Frequently used in daily conversational Turkish to build natural sentence structures.
🇬🇧 English
to do
Example
Spor yapmak istiyorum ama vaktim yok.
I would like to do sports, but I don't have time.
Yaparlardı ama paraları yok.
They would do it, but they don't have money.
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Common phrases
- spor yapmayı— doing sports (acc.)
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Frequency rank: #834 in Turkish
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What does the Turkish word "yapmayı" mean?▼
The Turkish word "yapmayı" means "to do" in English.
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Yes, here is a practical example: "Spor yapmak istiyorum ama vaktim yok." (which translates as "I would like to do sports, but I don't have time.").
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