Ben ödeme yapıyorum.

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Breakdown of Ben ödeme yapıyorum.

• yapmak: to make
• ödeme: the payment

Questions & Answers about Ben ödeme yapıyorum.

What does Ben mean here, and is it necessary?

Ben means “I” in Turkish and marks the subject “I.” Turkish is a pro-drop language, so you can usually omit the subject pronoun because the verb ending already tells you the person.
• With Ben: Ben ödeme yapıyorum (“I am making a payment,” with emphasis on “I”).
• Without Ben: Ödeme yapıyorum (“I’m making a payment,” neutral statement).

Why isn’t the accusative suffix -i attached to ödeme?

Türkçede, definite direct objects (specific entities) take the accusative suffix -i (or its harmony variants), but indefinite objects do not.
• Ödeme (“a payment,” indefinite) has no suffix.
• If you refer to a particular payment, you would say Ödemeyi yapıyorum (“I am making that payment”).

What is yapıyorum, and how is it formed?

Yapıyorum is the first-person singular present continuous form of yapmak (“to do/make”). It breaks down as follows:

1. Root: yap- (“do/make”)
2. Present continuous suffix: -ıyor (back-vowel form, explained in vowel harmony)
3. Personal ending: -um for “I”
   Putting it together: yap + ıyor + um = yapıyorum (“I am doing/making”).

Why say ödeme yapıyorum instead of simply or ?