Breakdown of Sandalyeleri sürüklemek istemiyorum, yoksa çizilir.
sandalye
chair
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
yoksa
otherwise / or else
sürüklemek
to drag
çizilmek
to be scratched
Questions & Answers about Sandalyeleri sürüklemek istemiyorum, yoksa çizilir.
Since the current lesson is about the repeated '-(y)A' converb, could we use sürükleye sürükleye here?
You could, but you would need to add another verb! Sürükleye sürükleye means 'by dragging'. You could say Sandalyeleri sürükleye sürükleye taşımak istemiyorum (I don't want to move the chairs by dragging them). In our sentence, sürüklemek (to drag) is already the main action you want to avoid, so it stays as an infinitive.
Why is the second verb çizilir rather than çizer?
Çizmek means 'to scratch'. Because the chairs aren't scratching something else, but rather getting scratched by the floor, we add the passive suffix -il to make çizilmek. The -ir at the end is the aorist tense, which is often used for general facts or likely consequences ('they will generally get scratched').
Why is it sandalyeleri (with the accusative case) when the main verb is istemiyorum?
Even though the main verb is istemiyorum (I don't want), sandalyeleri is the direct object of the infinitive verb sürüklemek (to drag). Because you are talking about specific chairs, the noun takes the definite accusative suffix -i (with the buffer -r- making it -leri).
How exactly does yoksa translate to 'otherwise'?
Yoksa is literally made of yok (there isn't / non-existent) and the conditional suffix -sa (if). So it literally means 'if it is not so'. In sentences showing consequences, it perfectly translates to 'otherwise' or 'or else'.
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