gibi
pronoun A1- something like; anything similar to something previously mentioned · Ev gibisi yok., There’s no place like home.
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in gibim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: gibisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: gibisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: gibisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: gibisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Âbânî sarıklının arkasındakiler taşıdıkları şeyleri mukaddes emanetlermiş gibi göğüsleri hizasında tutuyorlardı.
Şimdi İzmir'e geldi mi, en açık havalarda bile, arkasında ayrı ayrı paltosunu, bastonunu, şemsiyesini taşıyan uşaklarıyla: "Ben paşayım, bana bakınız!" der gibi, kabara kabara dolaşır.
Mesela her hayvanın kendisine mahsus şekli, tüyü, sesi gibi...
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