Breakdown of Problem ya tesisatta ya da tasarımda.
problem
problem
ya... ya da
either... or
tesisat
plumbing / installation
tasarım
design
Questions & Answers about Problem ya tesisatta ya da tasarımda.
Why does the second part use ya da instead of just ya?
The structure ya... ya... means either... or... . Adding da to the second part to make it ya... ya da... is optional but very common. It emphasizes the choice and makes the sentence flow more naturally in everyday speech.
Why do both tesisatta and tasarımda have locative endings? Can't I just say ya tesisat ya da tasarımda?
In Turkish, you usually need to attach the necessary case suffix to both items when using ya... ya da.... Unlike English, which lets you say in either the plumbing or the design, Turkish grammar prefers keeping the structures parallel: literally either in the plumbing or in the design.
Why does the 'in' suffix look different on tesisatta compared to tasarımda?
This is due to consonant assimilation. The word tesisat ends in a hard consonant (t), which forces the locative suffix -da to harden into -ta. The word tasarım ends in a soft consonant (m), so it takes the regular -da.
There is no verb in this sentence. How do we know it means 'The problem is...'?