Learn Turkish: Evi yenileyene kadar ya mobilyaları değiştirin ya da duvar kağıdını temizleyin. - Until you renovate the house, either change the furniture or clean the wallpaper.

Evi yenileyene kadar ya mobilyaları değiştirin ya da duvar kağıdını temizleyin.

Until you renovate the house, either change the furniture or clean the wallpaper.

Breakdown of Evi yenileyene kadar ya mobilyaları değiştirin ya da duvar kağıdını temizleyin.

as ... as; until, up to

değiştirmek

to change

Questions & Answers about Evi yenileyene kadar ya mobilyaları değiştirin ya da duvar kağıdını temizleyin.

How does the ya... ya da... structure work in this sentence?

It means 'either... or...'. You place ya before the first option and ya da before the second. Here, it connects two commands: mobilyaları değiştirin (change the furniture) and duvar kağıdını temizleyin (clean the wallpaper). The word da is optional but commonly used to balance the sentence.

How do we get 'until you renovate' from yenileyene kadar?

To express 'until an action happens', you add the ending -(y)ene kadar or -(y)ana kadar to the verb stem. Here, we take the verb yenilemek (to renovate), add the buffer -y-, and then -ene kadar to make yenileyene kadar.

Why are there accusative endings on both mobilyalar and duvar kağıdı?

Because both are specific direct objects receiving the action of their verbs. The furniture is receiving the 'change' action, so mobilyalar becomes mobilyaları. The wallpaper is receiving the 'clean' action, so it must also take an accusative ending.

Why is there an -n- in duvar kağıdını instead of the usual -y- buffer?