Breakdown of Herhalde çok yorgunsun; dün gece neredeyse hiç uyumadın.
yorgun
tired
çok
very
hiç
at all / any
uyumak
to sleep
gece
night
dün
yesterday
herhalde
probably / I suppose
neredeyse
almost, nearly
Questions & Answers about Herhalde çok yorgunsun; dün gece neredeyse hiç uyumadın.
Since this lesson is about using the suffix -dır for assumptions, could I say çok yorgunsundur instead of using herhalde?
Yes, exactly! Çok yorgunsundur means "You must be very tired" or "You are probably very tired." This sentence simply uses the adverb herhalde (probably) to express that assumption instead of the suffix. You can even use both together (Herhalde çok yorgunsundur), but it is very common to just pick one.
How do neredeyse and hiç work together to mean "hardly"?
Neredeyse means "almost," and hiç means "at all" (when used with a negative verb like uyumadın). Combined, neredeyse hiç literally means "almost not at all," which is the natural way to say "hardly" or "barely" in Turkish.
Why is "last night" translated as dün gece rather than geçen gece?
In Turkish, to talk about the night that just passed, you always say dün gece (literally "yesterday night"). If you were to say geçen gece, it translates closer to "the other night" (a recent night, but usually not yesterday).
Is there a difference between herhalde and galiba here?
They are mostly interchangeable. Both mean "probably" or "I suppose." Herhalde can sometimes carry a slightly stronger sense of expectation or logical deduction, but in an everyday assumption like this, both work perfectly.
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