Dün gece mis gibi uyudum.

to sleep

Breakdown of Dün gece mis gibi uyudum.

• dün gece: last night
• mis gibi: wonderfully

Questions & Answers about Dün gece mis gibi uyudum.

What does mis gibi mean here?

Mis gibi is an idiomatic Turkish expression. Its older/literal sense is related to a pleasant, fragrant smell, but in modern everyday Turkish it often means something like:

• wonderfully
• nicely
• perfectly
• fresh and pleasant
• just the way it should be

In Dün gece mis gibi uyudum, it describes how the speaker slept, so it means something like:

• I slept wonderfully
• I slept really well
• I slept like a baby

So here mis gibi is not really about smell; it is an expressive way to say the sleep was very good.

Why isn’t there a word for I in the sentence?

Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.

In uyudum, the ending -um shows first person singular, so I slept is already built into the verb.

So:

• uyudum = I slept
• ben uyudum = I slept too, but with extra emphasis on I

Because of this, Ben is unnecessary unless the speaker wants contrast or emphasis.

How is uyudum formed?