Questions & Answers about Kahve yapmak çok kolay.
Why is yapmak translated as "making" instead of "to make"?
The -mak / -mek suffix creates a verbal noun, or infinitive. In English, we can say either "To make coffee is easy" or "Making coffee is easy." Both translate to Kahve yapmak in Turkish, because this infinitive form acts as the subject of the sentence.
How do I know whether to use -mak or -mek?
You use the 2-way vowel harmony rule on the verb root! The root here is yap-. Because its vowel a is a back (undotted) vowel, it takes -mak. If the verb root had a front (dotted) vowel like iç- (to drink), it would take -mek instead, becoming içmek.
Why does kahve come before yapmak?
In Turkish, the object of a verb almost always goes immediately before the verb. Since "coffee" is the thing being made, kahve goes before yapmak. You can think of it literally as "Coffee making is very easy."
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In the present tense, Turkish doesn't use a separate word for "is" or "are" for general facts. Simply stating the subject (kahve yapmak) followed by the description (çok kolay) is enough to mean "Making coffee is very easy."