Breakdown of Ya telsizden sor ya da oyun yöneticisini çağır.
çağırmak
to call
ya
either
sormak
to ask
da
either
Questions & Answers about Ya telsizden sor ya da oyun yöneticisini çağır.
What does ya ... ya da ... do in this sentence?
It creates an either ... or ... structure.
So:
- Ya telsizden sor
- ya da oyun yöneticisini çağır
means Either ask over the radio, or call the game master/admin.
A few useful notes:
- ya ... ya da ... is a very common way to present two alternatives.
- In everyday Turkish, people may also say ya ... ya ...
- ya da by itself can also mean or
In this sentence, it links two commands.
Why is there a da in ya da?
Here, ya da is a fixed expression meaning or.
It is not the separate emphasis particle da/de meaning also/too. So you should learn ya da here as one unit.
In this sentence:
- ya ... ya da ... = either ... or ...
Why is sor used here? What form is it?