Kışlık çoraplar kalın, bu yüzden ayaklarım üşümüyor.

to be

Breakdown of Kışlık çoraplar kalın, bu yüzden ayaklarım üşümüyor.

• benim: my
• bu yüzden: so
• üşümek: to get cold

Questions & Answers about Kışlık çoraplar kalın, bu yüzden ayaklarım üşümüyor.

What does kışlık mean, and how is it formed?

Kışlık means for winter / winter-type / suitable for winter.

It comes from:

• kış = winter
• -lık / -lik / -luk / -lük = a suffix that can mean for, related to, intended for

So:

• kışlık çoraplar = winter socks
• more literally, socks for winter

This suffix is very common in Turkish:

• yazlık = for summer, summer-type
• günlük = daily / diary, depending on context
• tuzluk = salt shaker / salt container

Here, kışlık functions like an adjective describing çoraplar.

Why is çoraplar plural? Could you also say kışlık çorap?

Yes, you could say both, depending on context.

• çorap = sock / socks in a general sense
• çoraplar = socks, specifically plural

In this sentence, kışlık çoraplar clearly means the winter socks or winter socks as a plural set.

Turkish does not always need the plural marker when English does, especially in general statements. But here, using -lar is very natural because the speaker is talking about an actual pair/set of socks.

So:

• Kışlık çorap kalın. sounds less natural here
• Kışlık çoraplar kalın. is the normal choice

Why is there no word for are in Kışlık çoraplar kalın?