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To express that an action happens "as" or "just as" someone planned, said, or hoped, use the **-dığı gibi** structure.

Add the personal participle suffix (**-dık**, **-dik**, **-duk**, or **-dük**) to a verb stem, add a possessive ending, and follow it with **gibi** (like/as). Since most possessive endings start with a vowel, the **k** typically softens to **ğ**.

### First and Second Person

Here is how the structure looks when the subject of the clause is "I", "you", or "we". The possessive suffix indicates who is performing the action.

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### Third Person

When the subject is a specific noun (like "the boss"), it takes the genitive case (e.g., *patronun*). Use the third-person possessive ending on the participle.

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### Exact Matches and the "They" Form

To emphasize that something happened *exactly* or *just* as planned, place the word **tam** right before the phrase.

When the subject is "they" (*onlar*), the possessive ending is **-ları** or **-leri**. Because this suffix starts with a consonant, the **k** in the participle does *not* soften—it remains **-dıkları** or **-dikleri**.

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Just as / As (-dığı gibi)

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
to agree upon	kararlaştırmak
As we agreed yesterday, we are meeting tomorrow morning.	Dün kararlaştırdığımız gibi, yarın sabah buluşuyoruz.
to arrange to meet	sözleşmek
We arranged to go to the cinema just as you wanted.	İstediğin gibi sinemaya gitmek için sözleştik.
event (organized activity)	etkinlik
After we arranged to meet, we were able to plan a new event.	Sözleştikten sonra yeni bir etkinlik planlayabildik.
to hope	ummak
The event did not go at all as I had hoped.	Etkinlik hiç umduğum gibi geçmedi.
flawless	kusursuz
The machine worked flawlessly, exactly as he hoped.	Makine tam onun umduğu gibi kusursuz çalıştı.
to carry out	gerçekleştirmek
We were able to carry out the project flawlessly.	Projeyi kusursuz bir şekilde gerçekleştirebildik.
I cannot hold the meeting as we agreed.	Toplantıyı kararlaştırdığımız gibi yapamam.
to report	bildirmek
to clarify	netleştirmek
We are clarifying the problem just as the president reported to us.	Problemi, başkanın bize bildirdiği gibi netleştiriyoruz.
change	değişiklik
After clarifying the change, we were able to make a new plan.	Değişikliği netleştirdikten sonra yeni bir plan yapabildik.
They are reporting the change to us exactly as they discussed.	Değişikliği tam konuştukları gibi bize bildiriyorlar.
to finalize	kesinleştirmek
Is he finalizing the hours just as I explained to you?	Saatleri sana anlattığım gibi kesinleştiriyor mu?
After we finalized the schedule, we were able to relax.	Programı kesinleştirdikten sonra rahatlayabildik.
We carried out the project just as the boss explained.	Patronun açıkladığı gibi projeyi gerçekleştirdik.