No. 510 in Turkish
yapmaya
"Yapmaya" means "to do" or "to make" (in the dative form).
In a sentence
Bu akşam arkadaşlarımla birlikte yemek yapmaya karar verdik.
We decided to cook together with my friends this evening.
In this sentence, 'yapmaya' indicates the action of cooking as the object of the decision made ('karar verdik').
Projemizi başarılı bir şekilde yapmaya devam ediyoruz.
We are continuing to do our project successfully.
Here, 'yapmaya' implies 'to do' or 'to proceed with doing' and connects to the act of working on a project ('projemizi').
Geçen hafta yeni bir dans öğrenmeye ve bu dansı yapmaya başladım.
Last week, I started learning a new dance and performing this dance.
In this sentence, 'yapmaya' signifies 'performing' in the context of executing the dance being learned.
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