Turkish

In this lesson, you will learn the equivalents of 'either-or', 'neither-nor' and 'both-and' constructions. 
 In Turkish, these are also conveyed with two words that are separated. Let's see:
<table class="ui fixed celled table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
			<td>ya ... ya (da) ...</td>
 <td>Either ... or ...</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
			<td>hem ... hem (de) ...</td>
 <td>Both ... and ...</td>
 </tr>
		 <tr>
					<td>ne ... ne (de) ...</td>
 <td>Neither ... nor ...</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
 
	 As you can see, dE particle is always optional in all three. You can practically put anything you want
	 in between them; verbs, nouns, clauses, adverbs etc. Now let's see some example sentences:

<table class="ui fixed celled table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
			<td>Ya makarna yiyeceğim ya köfte (yiyeceğim).</td>
 <td>I'm going to eat either pasta or meatballs.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
			<td>Hem akıllı hem de çalışkan bizim çocuğumuz.</td>
 <td>Our child is both smart and hardworking.</td>
 </tr>
		 <tr>
					<td>Ne kitap okuyabildim ne uyuyabildim.</td>
 <td>I could neither read a book nor go to sleep.</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
 Just like in English, ya ... ya ... and hem ... hem ... are used for positive statements while ne ... ne ...
	is used for negative sentences. Also like in English, the negation comes from ne ... ne ... itself, so there is no need to negate the verb 
	with the negation marker -mE. In fact, doing that would make statement positive, since two negatives make a positive.
Also, notice how in the first sentence, Turkish can ellipse (from ellipsis, that is, to drop) the second verb, if they are the same verb. You can add it too if you'd like,
	it does not make a difference in meaning.

(N)Either n(or), and both: ya, hem, ne

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Word	Ya benim için çalışırsın ya da seni polise ihbar ederim.
Meaning	You either work for me or I'll report you to the police.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Turkish
Lesson	(N)Either n(or), and both: ya, hem, ne

you^INFORMAL	sen
to work	çalışmak
police, cop	polis
for me	benim için
either ... or ...	ya ... ya (da) ...ya ... ya (da) ...
to report, to notify^{THE POLICE}	ihbar etmek

Turkish - Ya benim için çalışırsın ya da seni polise ihbar ederim.

Breakdown of Ya benim için çalışırsın ya da seni polise ihbar ederim.

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