Ya bulmacayı çözelim ya da kadranı çevirelim.

to turn (a page or valve)

Breakdown of Ya bulmacayı çözelim ya da kadranı çevirelim.

• çözmek: to solve
• ya: either
• da: either

Questions & Answers about Ya bulmacayı çözelim ya da kadranı çevirelim.

What does ya ... ya da ... mean in this sentence?

It means either ... or ....

So:

• ya bulmacayı çözelim
• ya da kadranı çevirelim

= either let’s solve the puzzle, or let’s turn the dial

This structure presents two alternatives. In everyday Turkish, you may also hear ya ... ya ... without da, but ya ... ya da ... is very common and clear.

Is ya da one expression, and is the da here the same as de/da meaning also/too?

Here, ya da is functioning as the conjunction or.

A few important points:

• It is written separately: ya da
• It is not the locative ending -da/-de meaning in/on/at
• It is also not the separate particle de/da meaning also/too

So in this sentence, treat ya da as part of the either/or structure.

Why do bulmaca and kadran become bulmacayı and kadranı?