Questions & Answers about Taşı kaldırmak zor.
Why is it taşı and not taş?
Because taşı has the accusative ending. In Turkish, a definite direct object often takes this ending.
- taş = stone / a stone
- taşı = the stone (as the object of the verb)
So:
- Taş kaldırmak zor. = Lifting stone(s) is hard / Stone-lifting is hard / It is hard to lift a stone
- Taşı kaldırmak zor. = Lifting the stone is hard / It is hard to lift the stone
Here, the sentence is talking about a specific stone, so taşı is used.
What does kaldırmak mean here?
Kaldırmak is the infinitive form of the verb, meaning to lift, to raise, or sometimes to remove, depending on context.
In this sentence, it means to lift.
The ending -mak / -mek is the normal Turkish infinitive ending, similar to English to ...:
- gelmek = to come
- gitmek = to go
- kaldırmak = to lift
So taşı kaldırmak means to lift the stone.