No. 3,677 in Turkish
varmış
"Varmış" means "apparently there is/was" or "it seems there is/was."
In a sentence
Evde bir köpeği varmış.
It seems he/she had a dog at home.
In this sentence, 'varmış' expresses a past assumption or hearsay about possessing a dog at home.
O evde çok güzel bir bahçe varmış.
Apparently, there was a very beautiful garden in that house.
Here, 'varmış' communicates reported speech about the existence of the garden.
Odada kimse yokmuş ama salonda birileri varmış.
There was nobody in the room, but apparently, there were people in the living room.
In this instance, 'varmış' is used to indicate indirect knowledge or assumption regarding the people in the living room.
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