Questions & Answers about Doktora telefon etmek iyi.
Why is it Doktora instead of just Doktor?
In English we say "phone the doctor", but in Turkish you make a phone call to someone. The -a at the end of Doktora is a suffix meaning "to" (called the dative case). So, you are literally saying "telephoning to the doctor".
How does the verb telefon etmek work?
etmek is a very common helper verb that means "to do" or "to make". Turkish pairs it with many borrowed nouns to create verbs. By combining telefon (telephone) and etmek, you create the action "to phone" or "to make a phone call".
Why is the verb left as etmek instead of being conjugated with a time or person?
In this sentence, the action of "phoning" is the subject (it is the thing that is "good"). When an action acts as a noun like this in Turkish, you just leave it in its dictionary form, which always ends in -mak or -mek.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
There isn't one! In basic Turkish sentences, there is no separate word for "is", "am", or "are". You simply put the subject (Doktora telefon etmek) and the describing word (iyi) next to each other, and the "is" is automatically understood.
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