"Biz çalışmıyoruz."

Translation: We are not working.

[clgibbons]

I think çalışmıyoruz can also mean "not studying" right?

[Selcen_Ozturk]

no, that would be "ders çalışmıyoruz" (or you have to specify the thing they are not studying, like "matematik çalışmıyoruz")

[MrHilmiNevzat]

Selcen_Ozturk (miss)

Merhaba miss & please also give English translations:

"Ders çalışmıyoruz" - We are not taking classes or studying lessons.

"Matematik çalışmıyoruz" - We are not studying mathematics. Yes you are because it's compulsory.

[hodaabo_el]

What if i want to say we don't work?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

"çalışmayız"

[Engin988292]

That's not common in Turkish in use. It's grammatically correct but we do not always use the formal present simple structure in Turkish. For instance, we do not say "Seni severim" for "I love you". There is not a thick line between the Turkish present simple and present continous tenses. So, "Biz çalışmıyoruz" can as well mean "We do not work."

[ZazeLenko]

Is yapmıyoruz valid alternative here?

[lucaturilli]

No, that would be 'We aren't doing.'

[Engin988292]

Where is "iş" here? "We aren't doing" means "Yapmıyoruz"
İş yapmak: to do a work
Çalışmak: to work

[SabineBergmann1]

I think that yapmak can mean "to manufacture", but not "to work". But I am not sure.

[saomi18]

Not only to manufacture
Boya yaptım. I painted
Ekmek kilo yapar. Bread makes weight etc.

[Engin988292]

yapmak has a large span of meanings; do, make, manufacture, produce, accomplish, succeed, commit, complete etc.