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Questions & Answers about Hangimiz kura çekiyor?
How exactly does hangimiz translate to "which of us"?
It is made from the question word hangi (which) plus the first-person plural possessive suffix -miz (our). In Turkish, saying "our which" is how you express "which of us".
Why is it hangimiz and not hangiimiz?
The possessive suffix for "our" usually starts with a vowel (like -imiz). However, because the root word hangi already ends in a vowel, the extra i is dropped to avoid having two vowels next to each other.
Since hangimiz means "which of us", why isn't the verb çekiyoruz (we are drawing)?
Even though "us" is plural, the core subject is "which one of us". Just like in English where we say "which of us is" instead of "which of us are", Turkish treats hangimiz as a third-person singular subject. Therefore, the verb takes the standard "he/she/it" form: çekiyor.
What is the literal translation of kura çekiyor?
The noun kura means "lot" or "draw", and the verb çekmek means "to pull" or "to draw". Together, kura çekmek is the standard phrase for "drawing lots" (like pulling a name out of a hat to make a decision).