Breakdown of Müzede fotoğraf çekmek istiyorum.
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
müze
museum
fotoğraf çekmek
to take a photograph
Questions & Answers about Müzede fotoğraf çekmek istiyorum.
Why is the verb çekmek used here instead of a word that means 'to take'?
In English we say 'take a photograph', but in Turkish the verb for this action is çekmek, which usually means 'to pull' or 'to draw'. When combined to make fotoğraf çekmek, it is a set phrase you just have to learn as a pair.
The English translation says 'photographs', but fotoğraf is singular. Why doesn't it have the plural ending -lar?
When you are talking about a general activity or an undefined quantity of an object, Turkish uses the singular form. Since you want to do the general activity of taking photos rather than capturing a specific number of them, fotoğraf stays singular.
Why does çekmek stay in its dictionary form before istiyorum?
When you express that you want to do an action yourself, you put the main verb in its full infinitive form (ending in -mak or -mek) right before the verb istemek (to want). It matches the English pattern perfectly: 'to take' (çekmek) plus 'I want' (istiyorum).
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