Bu kış kayak yapacağım.

I will ski this winter.

Breakdown of Bu kış kayak yapacağım.

• bu: this
• kış: the winter
• kayak yapmak: to ski

Questions & Answers about Bu kış kayak yapacağım.

What does bu kış mean exactly?

Bu kış means this winter.

• bu = this
• kış = winter

Together, they form a time expression. In Turkish, time expressions often come near the beginning of the sentence:

• Bu kış kayak yapacağım. = I will ski this winter.

Why is it kayak yapacağım and not just a single verb meaning I will ski?

Turkish often expresses some activities with a noun + yapmak structure.

Here:

• kayak = skiing / ski
• yapmak = to do / to make

So kayak yapmak literally means to do skiing, but in natural English it means to ski.

This is very common in Turkish:

• spor yapmak = to do sports / exercise
• kahvaltı yapmak = to have breakfast
• alışveriş yapmak = to do shopping

So kayak yapacağım is the normal way to say I will ski.

How is yapacağım formed?