Spor yapmadan önce hafifçe ısınmak önemli.

to be

Breakdown of Spor yapmadan önce hafifçe ısınmak önemli.

• önemli: important
• yapmak: to do
• ısınmak: to warm up

Questions & Answers about Spor yapmadan önce hafifçe ısınmak önemli.

What is the literal breakdown of the sentence Spor yapmadan önce hafifçe ısınmak önemli?

Word by word:

• spor – sport, exercise
• yapmadan – without doing / before doing (from yapmak = to do)
  • yap- – do
  • -ma – negative suffix (not)
  • -dan – ablative case (from)
  • together yapmadan = without doing
• önce – before
• hafifçe – lightly, gently
  • hafif – light (not heavy / not intense)
  • -çe – adverb‑forming suffix (like “-ly” in English)
• ısınmak – to warm up, to get warm (reflexive/ intransitive verb)
• önemli – important

Overall structure:
[Before doing sport] [lightly] [to warm up] [is important].

Why is there no word for “it” like in English “It is important”?

Turkish usually drops the subject when it is obvious from context. In sentences like this:

• Önemli. – (It is) important.

the subject is understood as “this” or “that thing we’re talking about.”

In the full sentence:

• Spor yapmadan önce hafifçe ısınmak önemli.

the phrase spor yapmadan önce hafifçe ısınmak (to warm up lightly before doing sport) acts as the subject. There is no need for a separate “it”; Turkish just says literally:

• To warm up lightly before doing sport important.
  = It is important to warm up lightly before doing sport.