Yakalayacak

Yakalayacak is a Turkish verb form meaning “will catch” or “will capture,” and it is the third-person singular future tense of yakalamak (to catch, seize, or capture). In Turkish, the future tense is formed by adding the suffix -acak or -ecek to the verb stem; for yakalamak, the stem used for the future is yakalay-, resulting in yakalayacak.

The choice of -acak in this form follows Turkish vowel harmony: the stem ends with the back vowel a, so the back-form suffix -acak is used. Other persons and numbers use related forms, such as yakalayacağım (I will catch), yakalayacaksın (you will catch), yakalayacaklar (they will catch), and so on. The negative form is yakalamayacak (will not catch).

Usage and scope: Yakalayacak is commonly used in everyday speech, news reporting, and literature to describe a future-catching action, whether literal (a police officer, hunter, or athlete about to catch something or someone) or figurative. It remains a simple future form and typically requires a subject in the sentence, though Turkish often omits the subject when it is understood from context.

Related forms include other tenses of yakalamak (e.g., yakalıyormuş for reported present continuous, yakaladı for past) and the imperfect or conditional variants built from the same root. As with many Turkish verbs, its meaning can extend beyond physical catching to broader senses of reaching or overtaking in time or pursuit.