As if (sanki)

When you try a cutting-edge virtual reality headset, the experience can feel incredibly real:

I put on the virtual headset and the game was very immersive.
Sanal başlığı taktım ve oyun çok sürükleyiciydi.

Using "Sanki" (As if)

To describe this immersive sensation, use the word sanki (as if / as though).

Sanki is a hypothetical particle that tells the listener a situation isn't actually happening, but it feels like it is. It doesn't require special verb conjugations—simply place sanki at the beginning of the clause that describes the hypothetical feeling.

Thanks to this technology, it is as if you are living in a simulation.
Bu teknoloji sayesinde sanki simülasyonda yaşıyorsun.
I put the headset on; it was as if I passed into another dimension.
Başlığı taktım, sanki başka bir boyuta geçtim.

You can use sanki with different tenses to describe an ongoing sensation or an experience you had in the past:

It was as if I was floating down from a big cliff!
Sanki büyük bir uçurumdan aşağı süzülüyordum!

It can also be paired with a noun or adjective phrase ending in a personal suffix:

The simulation is very immersive, as if I am in a new dimension.
Simülasyon çok sürükleyici, sanki yeni bir boyuttayım.