Breakdown of Fotoğraf çekme sanatı çok zor.
çok
very
zor
difficult
fotoğraf
photograph
çekmek
to take (a photo)
sanat
art
Questions & Answers about Fotoğraf çekme sanatı çok zor.
Why do we use the short verbal noun çekme instead of the full dictionary form çekmek?
Because it is part of a noun compound. To say 'the art of taking', Turkish links the verbal noun 'taking' (çekme) with 'art' (sanat). We use the short verbal noun suffix -me or -ma when building these compounds, because the full infinitive -mek or -mak is rarely used to form this kind of direct noun-to-noun link.
Why is there an -ı at the end of sanatı?
The base word for art is sanat. It gets the -ı suffix because it is the second part of a noun compound. In Turkish, to link çekme (taking) and sanat (art) to mean 'the art of taking', the second word must take the possessive compound suffix.
The English translation says 'taking photos' in the plural, but fotoğraf is singular. Why?
In Turkish, when you refer to a general category of an action rather than specific items, you leave the noun singular. So fotoğraf çekme is literally 'photograph taking'. You would only use the plural if you were talking about taking specific, already-mentioned photos.
Why isn't there a word for 'is' at the end of the sentence?
In Turkish, a sentence can end with just an adjective like zor (difficult) to mean 'is difficult'. You do not need a separate 'to be' verb for basic statements like this, though you might occasionally see the factual suffix -dur added as zordur.
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