In this lesson you’ll learn common Turkish conjunctions (bağlaçlar). This Turkish conjunctions are used when choice between two alternatives.
Turkish conjunctions
1. hem … hem …
This is the one of most common turkish conjunctions. It means “both”. Used before the both alternatives to emphasize that the statement being made applies to each.
- Murat hem çay içiyor hem gazete okuyor. (Murat is both drinking tea and reading the newspaper.)
2. ne … ne …
It means “neither … nor” Not the one nor the other; not either.
- Ne yağmur ne kar yağıyor. (It is neither raining nor snowing.)
3. ya … ya … / ister … ister …
It is used when choosing between two things (meaning “one of two”). One or the other of two people or things.
- Ya sinemaya ya tiyatroya git. (Either go to the cinema or to the theatre.)
- İster arabaya ister otobüse bin. (Take either the car or the bus.)
4. belki … belki …
It is not entirely clear. One of the two, but it is not clear which one. Or it means maybe yes, maybe not.”
- Sinemaya belki gelirim belki gelmem. (Maybe I will come to the cinema, maybe not.)
- Bugün yağmur belki yağar belki yağmaz. (Maybe it will rain today, maybe it won’t.)
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