Learn Turkish: Topuklu ayakkabı giyerek yürümek zor. - It is difficult to walk wearing high-heeled shoes.

This is the focus of our current lesson! The verb root is giy- (to wear). Adding the suffix -erek (which means by doing or while doing) changes it to mean by wearing or while wearing. It describes how the action of walking (yürümek) is being done.

What is the literal breakdown of topuklu ayakkabı?

Topuk means heel, and the suffix -lu means with or having, so topuklu means heeled. Ayakkabı means shoe (literally a combination of ayak for foot, and kap for container or cover). Together, it means shoes with heels.

Why is yürümek in the infinitive dictionary form instead of being conjugated?

Here, the infinitive yürümek (to walk or walking) acts as a noun. It is the subject of the sentence. The sentence is essentially saying that the entire act of walking wearing high heels is difficult.

Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?

In Turkish, third-person present tense sentences (like it is...) often don't need a visible verb. Simply placing the adjective zor (difficult) at the end is enough to mean it is difficult. You could add the suffix -dur to make it zordur for a more formal or factual statement, but leaving it as zor is very common in everyday speech.