yapmak

Yapmak is a common Turkish verb meaning to do or to make. It is a highly versatile verb used for performing actions, creating something, or bringing about an outcome. It covers a wide range of meanings from cooking or building something to carrying out an activity, implementing a plan, or producing results. The verb appears in many fixed expressions and in compound verbs such as yemek yapmak (to cook), plan yapmak (to make a plan), or proje yapmak (to implement a project).

Morphology and key forms: The infinitive is yapmak. The present simple stem is yap-, with personal endings: yaparım (I do), yaparsın (you do), yapar (he/she does), yaparız (we do), yaparsınız (you all do), yaparlar (they do). The past tense uses yaptı (he did) and yaptılar (they did). The future is yapacak, and the present continuous is yapıyor (he/she is doing). The imperative forms are yap! (do!, singular) and yapın! (do it/you all do). Negative imperatives are yapma! and yapmayın!. The conditional is yapsa or yaparsa, and the ability form is yapabilmek (to be able to do).

Usage notes: Yapmak combines with a large range of nouns to form common phrases, including yemek yapmak (to cook), çalışma yapmak (to do work), plan yapmak (to make a plan), and proje yapmak (to carry out a project). Turkish also uses participles with yapmak, such as yapan (the one who does) and yapılmış (done). The verb is etymologically Turkic in origin and has cognates across Turkic languages; it remains highly productive in everyday speech, literature, and idiomatic expressions.

See also: Turkish grammar, Turkish verbs, compound verbs.