Yapmak vs Etmek in Turkish

to make. So why does Turkish use yapmak

in some situations and etmek in others?

And how do you know which one to use? In

this video, I'll break it down in a

simple and practical way. So you can

stop memorizing random phrases and start

understanding the logic behind them.

Merhaba arkadaşlar. It's John from

Turkish. I've been teaching Turkish for

seven years now and we have turkish to

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Now let me start with yapmak and then

I'll tell you about etmek. Yapmak means

to make or to do. And can function

independently

mean is

yaptın mı?

Yaptın mı? Did you do it? Other can

yaptım.

Yaptım.

Diday

attention

because williate yapmak from etmek.

Yapmak iftion

isical. So you can see, touch or hold,

you should use yapmak. Let me give you

some examples. Kek yapmak. Kek yapmak.

Mixing ingredients, baking it. It's

something you can eat. You can see it.

Smelled, right? That's why it's yapmak.

Ödev yapmak.

Ödev yapmak. To do homework. Writing,

solving or reading something. These are

physical actions.

Yapmak. Alışveriş yapmak. Alışveriş

yapmak. You leave your house, buy things

and carrys. Again, this is physical

movement. Think of it like this. If your

hands are involved, you can probably use

yapmak. If creating something or doing

something visible, you can use yapmak.

Ok. Let's talk about etmek. Etmek is

different. It confuses a lot of people

because it doesn't feel like a real

verb. It acts as anxilary verb in

Turkish which means that it doesn't mean

anything on its own. So you can think of

etmek as a helper. It supports nouns and

adjectives and it turns them into

actions. But here is the key difference.

Etmek is used for things that happen

inside you. Feelings, thoughts,

emotions, ideas, invisible things

basically. Here are some examples.

Teşekkür etmek, teşekkür

etmek. To show gratitude, right? Not

building holding anything. It's

something you feel and express. Nefret

etmek. Nefret etmek.

That's a strong emotion. Nobody can see

it but you feel it inside. Hayal etmek.

Hayal etmek. To dream or to imagine.

Again, it's all in your mind. No

physical action. So these aren't the

things that you can point to, right? You

can't hold a thank you or dream or a

feeling but there still actions just

internal ones. So if it is emotional or

abstract etmek is your go to verb

something you can imagine yourself

building, preparing or physically doing

something it's yapmak. And this is

exactly the kind of logic we focus on

inside our courses. Instead of asking

you to memorize endless list of

expressions, we actually teach you how

Turkish works. So you can actually start

thinking in Turkish instead of

translating in your head. So if you ever

felt confused by patterns like you know

yapmak, etmek and if you struggle to

understand why certain phrases used we

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I'll give you some examples now so that

you can see the pattern of yapmak and

etmek. Pasta yapmak,

çay yapmak,

banyo yapmak,

tatil yapmak,

temizlik yapmak,

ütü yapmak,

alışveriş yapmak,

ses yapmak.

Piknik yapmak,

spor yapmak,

yardım etmek,

ziyaret etmek,

teşekkür etmek,

devam etmek,

kontrol etmek,

acele etmek,

sohbet etmek,

davet etmek.

takip etmek,

tehdit etmek.

So there are some words in Turkish that

can go both with yapmak and etmek. But

they will not mean the same thing. Let

me show you what I mean. Park yapmak to

build a park. And if you say park etmek,

it means to park a car or park

something. Banyo yapmak is to have a

bath and banyo etmek is to develop

photos. Tatil yapmak is to go on va

tatil etmek will mean suspend to you

know cancel something. Let me give you

an example. Dersler tatil edildi.

Dersler tatil edildi. Class have been

canceled. Gürültü yapmak means to make

noise. You can use it like çocuklar

gürültü yapıyor. It means the kids are

making noise. And if you say gürültü

etmek that will mean something similar

but in a slightly you know different

way. For example, I can say gece yarısı

gürültü

etmeyin. Gece yarısı gürültü

etmeyin. And that will mean something

like don't make noise at midnight. And

then you can say hata yapmak. Hata

yapmak. To make a mistake. And if you

say hata etmek, hata etmek that will

mean to be wrong or to act wrongly. For

example, bunu söylemekle

hata ettin.

Bunu söylemekle

hata ettin. It means you were wrong to

say that. Ok. Also wan clarify something

that often confus students. Kahvaltı

etmek. Why not kahvaltı yemek? Like why

not to eat breakfast? Because you can

say to eat lunch in Turkish. You can say

öğle yemeği yemek. And you can also say

akşam yemeği yemek

dinner orat dinner. But you can't say

kahvaltı yemek. And that's because

kahvaltı is like branch. Ok. It's not

something that you eat. It's something

you have. That's why we use etmek.

Kahvaltı etmek. You might also hear

kahvaltı.

yapmak and

use yapmak ormak

isou

etmek isten emotion thoughts abstract

Makyaj,

merak,

araştırma.

You have 10 seconds.

Let me tell you the answers. So, makyaj

yapmak. Makyaj yapmak because applying

makeup is a physical action. Using

brushes, powders etc. Use yapmak. Merak

etmek. Merak etmek. Merak means

curiosity.

It's an emotion. So etmek is better fit

here. Araştırma yapmak. Araştırma

yapmak. Because conducting a research is

a structured task. Right? It involves

actions like reading, analyzing or

experimenting. So we use yapmak here.

Let me know how many of them you got

correctly. So now you know when to use

yapmak and when to use etmek. Let us

know if you have any questions in the

comments below. And if you found this

helpful, there is another word that

confuses almost every Turkish learner

which is yok and they both mean no in

different ways but they are not

interchangeable.

here

below

Okay.