Questions & Answers about Resim yapmak kolay.
Why do we use the dictionary form yapmak here instead of conjugating it?
The -mak ending turns a verb into a noun. In this sentence, "drawing" (or "making a picture") is the subject, not an action someone is currently doing. Just like in English where we say "Drawing is easy" instead of "Draw is easy", Turkish uses the infinitive form yapmak to talk about the activity itself.
Wait, doesn't yapmak mean "to do"? Why does the sentence translate to "drawing"?
Yes, yapmak primarily means "to do" or "to make". In Turkish, the action of drawing or painting is expressed as a combined phrase: resim yapmak (literally, "to make a picture"). You will often see yapmak paired with nouns to create activities like this.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In simple Turkish sentences that describe what something is like, you don't need a separate word for "is" for the third person (he, she, it, or a concept). Simply putting the subject (resim yapmak) and the adjective (kolay) together is enough to mean "Drawing is easy".
Why use just resim instead of bir resim (a picture) or resimler (pictures)?
When talking about a general activity, Turkish uses the plain, singular form of the noun. Adding bir or making it plural would sound like you are talking about making one specific picture or a specific set of pictures, rather than the general hobby of drawing.
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