Breakdown of Bebek hasta olmasın diye hemen sterilize etmemiz gereken emzikler var.
bebek
baby
hasta
sick
var
there is / existent
hemen
immediately / right away
Questions & Answers about Bebek hasta olmasın diye hemen sterilize etmemiz gereken emzikler var.
How does sterilize etmemiz gereken emzikler form the meaning "pacifiers we must sterilize"?
This uses the relative clause of necessity covered in your current lesson. We take the verb sterilize etmek (to sterilize) and turn it into a verbal noun with -me. Then we add the possessive ending -miz (our) to show who needs to do the action: etmemiz. Finally, we add gereken (which is necessary) and the noun emzikler. Literally, it reads as "pacifiers that our-sterilizing is necessary."
Why is the imperative verb olmasın used before diye here?
When diye is used to express purpose (meaning "so that" or "in order to"), the verb preceding it typically takes the imperative or optative mood. Here, olmasın is the 3rd person negative imperative of olmak. The literal logic in Turkish is like saying, "Let the baby not get sick, we say, so we have pacifiers to sterilize."
Could I use için instead of diye to express "so that the baby doesn't get sick"?
Yes, you could! You could say Bebeğin hasta olmaması için. This uses a verbal noun (olmaması) plus için and means the exact same thing. Using the imperative with diye is just a slightly more colloquial alternative that is extremely common in everyday speech. Notice that if you use için, the subject usually requires the genitive case (bebeğin).