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

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### 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.

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

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

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As if (sanki)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
virtual	sanal
technology	teknoloji
This new virtual technology is very different.	Bu yeni sanal teknoloji çok farklı.
headset	başlık
immersive	sürükleyici
I put on the virtual headset and the game was very immersive.	Sanal başlığı taktım ve oyun çok sürükleyiciydi.
simulation	simülasyon
Thanks to this technology, it is as if you are living in a simulation.	Bu teknoloji sayesinde sanki simülasyonda yaşıyorsun.
sensor	sensör
Sensors feel what you touch in the simulation.	Sensörler, simülasyonda dokunduğunu hissediyor.
dimension	boyut
I put the headset on; it was as if I passed into another dimension.	Başlığı taktım, sanki başka bir boyuta geçtim.
cliff	uçurum
to float	süzülmek
It was as if I was floating down from a big cliff!	Sanki büyük bir uçurumdan aşağı süzülüyordum!
I just stared blankly at the edge of the virtual cliff.	Sanal uçurumun kıyısında öyle bakakaldım.
to get caught up	kapılmak
The simulation was so immersive that I immediately got caught up in it.	Simülasyon o kadar sürükleyiciydi ki hemen kapıldım.
Thanks to the sensors, it is as if you are floating in the sky.	Sensörler sayesinde sanki gökte süzülüyorsun.
It is impossible not to get caught up in this new technology.	Bu yeni teknolojiye kapılmamak imkânsızdır.
The simulation is very immersive, as if I am in a new dimension.	Simülasyon çok sürükleyici, sanki yeni bir boyuttayım.