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### Impressions with *gibi gelmek*

When a situation is ambiguous or you are relying on your intuition, you can express how things "seem" or "feel" using the phrase **gibi gelmek**.

To specify *who* gets the impression, use a dative pronoun like **bana** (to me), **sana** (to you), **ona** (to him/her/it), or **bize** (to us).

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### Adjectives and Nouns

To express that something seems a certain way, place a noun or adjective directly before **gibi**.

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### Questions and Negations

Conjugate **gelmek** like any standard verb. You can make it negative to say something "doesn't seem" a certain way, or use the question particle **mI** to ask for someone else's impression. 

For things that "seem to be," place **var** (there is/are) directly before **gibi**.

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### Using Full Clauses

You can also describe an action that seems to be happening. Use a fully conjugated verb—often in the present continuous (**-Iyor**)—followed immediately by **gibi**.

Notice that the dative pronoun (like **bana** or **bize**) can shift around in the sentence for emphasis, but the core structure remains the same: the action clause sits directly before **gibi**.

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Sensory impressions (gibi gelmek)

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
hunch / premonition	önsezi
to seem / to feel like (to someone)	gibi gelmek
This seems to me like just a hunch.	Bu bana sadece bir önsezi gibi geliyor.
strangeness / oddity	tuhaflık
Or does it seem to you too like there's a strangeness?	Yoksa sana da bir tuhaflık var gibi mi geliyor?
I had to notice this strangeness immediately.	Bu tuhaflığı hemen fark etmem gerekiyordu.
ambiguous / vague	muğlak
The man's answer seemed very ambiguous to me.	Adamın cevabı bana çok muğlak gibi geldi.
suggestive / meaningful	manidar
This ambiguous message seemed a bit suggestive to me.	Bu muğlak mesaj bana biraz manidar gibi geldi.
glance / look	bakış
His look also seemed very suggestive to me.	Onun bakışı da bana çok manidar gibi geldi.
coldness / aloofness	soğukluk
I stayed silent in case this look created a coldness.	Bu bakış bir soğukluk yaratır diye sessiz kaldım.
artificial / affected (behavior)	yapmacık
The coldness in him seemed a bit artificial to me.	Ondaki soğukluk bana biraz yapmacık gibi geldi.
convincing / believable	inandırıcı
This artificial attitude doesn't seem convincing to me at all.	Bu yapmacık tavır bana hiç inandırıcı gibi gelmiyor.
slyly / cunningly	kurnazca
It seemed to me like he was acting slyly to be convincing.	Bana inandırıcı olmak için kurnazca davranıyor gibi geldi.
to mean / to intend	kastetmek
I didn't ask anything in case he slyly meant something.	Kurnazca bir şey kasteder diye hiçbir şey sormadım.
I knew that his hunch was right.	Onun önsezisinin doğru olduğunu biliyordum.
It seemed to me like he meant you.	Bana seni kastediyor gibi geldi.
It seemed to me like the man was lying.	Adam bana yalan söylüyor gibi geldi.
It seemed to us like the suspect was escaping.	Şüpheli bize kaçıyor gibi geldi.
Did the situation seem dangerous to you?	Durum sana tehlikeli gibi geldi mi?
It seemed to him like they were hiding a secret.	Onlar ona sır saklıyor gibi geldi.