Of course Oguz, I forgot my consonant harmonies - DOH!

Teşekkuler!!

Haha, yes "Yapmak" is the verb of 'To Make' but this is why the Turkish part of a dictionary is a LOT shorter than the English part

My fave example is "yüz" meaning "swim", "hundred" and "face"!!

Laura x

The suffix '...sun' makes it 'you' and therefore 'what (are) you doing', 'what (are) you making' etc etc.

Yapmak = "to do"

__iyor = present continuous

_____sun = you.

Sorry my explanation isn't great but I hope you understand.

Ooops, think I misunderstood your question a tad!!

I guess you would understand whether it is 'doing', 'making' or 'mending' within the context of the conversation.

For example (and a bad one) the english word 'mole'.

If someone said to you "Do you have any moles?" you are more than likely to assume they mean the brown blemishes on your skin as oppose to the furry animal or a spy!!

Yes - that's exactly what I meant about context!

With the 'mole' example there is a fair change that away from any other context one is likely to be meaning body moles. But in the case of "Ne yapiyorsun?" away from any context it seems to me to be impossible to translate.

I see "what are you doing/making/repairing" to be almost equally as likely without further contextual information! Is there not some kind of rule about which it will be understood to mean if no other context is provided?

bod,

How about "etmek"?

etmek: do, make, (also cost, be worth, fetch-a price-)

For example:

eden bulur: one pays for what he/she does
etmediğini bırakmamak: do as much evil as possible

(Umarım içine etmemişimdir bu güzel sohbetinizin!)