Breakdown of Hangimiz zar atmak istiyor?
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
hangi
which
atmak
to throw / to tie (a knot) / to lay (a foundation) / to put (a signature)
zar
dice
Questions & Answers about Hangimiz zar atmak istiyor?
How exactly does hangimiz mean "which of us"?
It combines the question word hangi (which) with the first-person plural possessive suffix -miz (our). While it literally translates to "our which", it means "which of us" in English.
Since hangimiz means "which of us", why is the verb istiyor instead of istiyoruz (we want)?
This is a common trap! Even though the group is "us", the subject is "which one" out of that group. Since it asks about a single unknown person, it takes the third-person singular verb istiyor (wants). It works just like English, where we say "which of us wants", not "which of us want".
Why doesn't zar (dice) have an accusative suffix like zarı here?
Because throwing dice is treated as a general activity here. When a direct object is non-specific (just rolling dice in general, not a specific die you pointed at), it stays in its bare form without any suffixes.
Why do we use the dictionary form atmak (to throw) instead of conjugating it?
When you want to express wanting to do an action, the action verb stays in the infinitive (dictionary) form. Just like in English where you say "wants to throw", in Turkish we pair the infinitive atmak directly with the conjugated verb istiyor.