Learn Hardcore Turkish: Gölde kayıkla gezmek serinletici bir deneyim sunuyor. - Boating on the lake offers a refreshing experience.

-de is the locative case marker meaning “at/on/in.” It attaches to göl (“lake”) with front-vowel harmony (göl + -de = gölde), giving “on the lake.”

Why does kayık take -la to become kayıkla?

-la is the instrumental‐comitative suffix meaning “with.” kayık (“boat”) + -la = kayıkla, “with a boat.” Together kayıkla gezmek means “to go by boat” or “to boat.”

What is gezmek, and what role does it play in the sentence?

gezmek is the infinitive (verbal noun) form of gez- (“to roam/paddle”). Here it acts like a noun (“boating”) and, along with Gölde kayıkla, forms the subject of the sentence.

How is serinletici formed, and what does it mean?

Start with serin (“cool”), add the causative -let- (“cause to cool”) and the adjectival -ici (“one who/that which does”). serin + -let- + -ici = serinletici, “refreshing” (literally “something that makes you cool”).

Why is there a bir before deneyim, and where do articles go in Turkish?

bir is the indefinite article (“a/an”). In Turkish it precedes the noun it modifies, even if there’s another adjective: serinletici bir deneyim = “a refreshing experience.”

What tense and person is sunuyor, and why is the present continuous used?

sunuyor is the 3rd person singular present continuous of sunmak (“to offer/present”). Turkish often uses present continuous for general truths or ongoing actions, so here it means “(it) offers” or “is offering.”

What is the grammatical subject of sunuyor in this sentence?

The subject is the entire infinitive phrase Gölde kayıkla gezmek (“boating on the lake”). In Turkish, a verbal noun phrase can serve as the subject of a finite verb like sunuyor.