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To express that two choices are equally trivial and won't change the outcome, use the correlative conjunction **ha ... ha ...** ("whether [A] or [B]"). Just place **ha** before each option. 

The options can be verbs, nouns, pronouns, or locations.

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### Emphasizing Apathy

Because **ha ... ha ...** sets up a situation where the choice doesn't matter, the second half of the sentence usually expresses indifference. Look for words like **önemsiz** (unimportant), **farksız** (no different), or verbs showing a lack of effect.

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### Not Caring: umurunda olmamak

To express complete apathy toward an outcome, you will often see the idiom **umurunda olmamak** (to not care / to not be someone's concern). 

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When using this idiom with **ha ... ha ...**, you can easily contrast direct opposites—such as doing something versus not doing it—by repeating the same verb in the positive and negative.

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### Using with Nouns

**Ha ... ha ...** doesn't require full clauses. It can connect simple noun phrases just as easily.

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Indifference (ha ... ha ...)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
whether ... or ... (makes no difference) / it makes no difference if	ha ... ha ...
unimportant / trivial	önemsiz
Whether you stayed here or there, it's unimportant to me.	Ha burada kaldın ha orada, benim için önemsiz.
result / outcome	netice
no different / identical	farksız
Whether you said it or I did, the outcome is no different.	Ha sen söyledin ha ben, netice farksız.
to have an effect / to influence	tesir etmek
Whether you cry or laugh, it has no effect at all.	Ha ağla ha gül, hiç tesir etmez.
trouble / worry (sorrow, burden)	dert
Whether you live in the city or in the village, the trouble inside your heart is always the same.	Ha şehirde yaşamışsın ha köyde, kalbinin içinde dert hep aynı.
Whether it's yesterday's meeting or tomorrow's, they are all unimportant.	Ha dünkü toplantı ha yarınki, hepsi önemsiz.
remedy / solution (cure, way out)	çare
to not care / to not be someone's concern	umurunda olmamak
For years, whether we found a cure or not, nobody cared.	Yıllar boyunca ha çare bulduk ha bulmadık, kimsenin umurunda olmadı.
Despite his working, the outcome is the same; nobody looked for a remedy.	Onun çalışmasına rağmen netice aynı; kimse çare aramadı.
Despite the medicine having an effect, he didn't care about this trouble.	İlacın tesir etmesine rağmen, bu dert onun umurunda olmadı.
Whether you spoke or stayed quiet, the result is no different.	Ha konuştun ha sustun, netice farksız.