No. 3,556 in Turkish
sanki
"As if" or "as though."
In a sentence
Sanki bugün herkes çok neşeli.
It seems like everyone is very cheerful today.
Here, 'sanki' is used to suggest an impression or feeling, similar to 'it seems like' in English.
Sanki düşecekmiş gibi yürüyordu.
He was walking as if he was about to fall.
In this sentence, 'sanki' is used to introduce a hypothetical situation, translated as 'as if'.
Sanki bir şey söylemek istiyor ama söyleyemiyor.
It seems like he wants to say something but can't.
Here, 'sanki' indicates the speaker's suspicion or guess, equivalent to 'it seems like' in English.
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