Learn Turkish: Benim gibi yorgun ve hasta değil. - He is not tired and sick like me.

Benim gibi yorgun ve hasta değil.

He is not tired and sick like me.

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Questions & Answers about Benim gibi yorgun ve hasta değil.

Why is it benim gibi instead of just ben gibi?

When using gibi (like) with personal pronouns (I, you, he/she/it), the pronoun must take the genitive case. This means you have to use the possessive forms like benim, senin, or onun. So 'like me' translates to benim gibi, not ben gibi.

How do we know who the sentence is about since there is no subject like o (he/she/it)?

In Turkish, the subject is often dropped because the verb ending usually tells you who is acting. Here, the lack of a personal ending on değil tells us it is the third-person singular (he, she, or it). If it were about you, it would be değilsin (you are not).

Does değil negate both yorgun and hasta?

Yes. Because yorgun (tired) and hasta (sick) are grouped together with ve (and), the negative word değil at the end applies to both of them.

Could I change the word order and say Yorgun ve hasta değil benim gibi?

In casual, spoken Turkish, you might hear people put benim gibi at the end as an afterthought. However, standard Turkish word order places descriptions right before the things they describe, and the negative word değil belongs at the very end.