I wondered a few times what is "or" in Turkish. I even asked a Turkish person, but the answer I was given was not satisfactory, since all sentences I tried to make using "veya" as in Romance/Germanic languages were said to be wrong.

I want to ask:

Erkek sıcrayor mu?

Erkek atlayor mu?

Erkek sıcrayor veya atlayor? (wrong)

Although in this case I wouldn´t know where to place "mi" and I think veya cannot be used in such a way..

Better Turkish phrases:

erkek çocuk atlıyor mu?
erkek çocuk sıçrıyor mu?

Erkek çocuk atlıyor mu yoksa sıçrıyor mu?

(Don´t trust me ever. Wait.)

Better Turkish phrases:

erkek çocuk atlıyor mu?
erkek çocuk sıçrıyor mu?

erkek çocuk atlıyor mu yoksa sıçrıyor mu ?----> Is the boy bouncing or jumping ?

" Or " in Turkish is " veya ", " ya da " ,"yoksa","yahut "veyahut"

note : The conjuction  "yoksa " is normally used for questions.

Eve erken mi yoksa geç mi geleceksin ? ----> Are you coming home early or late ?

Çay mı yoksa kahve mi içersiniz ? ----> Do you drink tea or coffee ?

 Note ; in questions its possible to make it without conjuction ,instead we can just use the question suffix " mi,mı,mu,mü"

Ne içersiniz ? Çay mı kahve mi ? ---> What would you like to drink ? Tea or coffee ?

Çay mı ---> a---> ı [vowel harmony]

Kahve mi ----> e ---> i [vowel harmony]

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Ahmet veya Ayşe sana yardım edebilir ---> Ahmet or Ayşe can help you.

Ahmet ya da Ayşe sana yardım edebilir ----> Ahmet or Ayşe can help you.

Ahmet yahut Ayşe sana yardım edebilir -----> Ahmet or Ayşe can help you.

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btw you can trust Abla, she has good knowledge in Turkish.

 Those who waited will see tunci agrees with you ... you are to be trusted!!

Thank you for your polite words, MarioninTurkey and tunci. I enjoy bathing here under the sun of Turkish hospitality but I am the member who makes more mistakes than anyone else in the site (I can easily prove it).