Word
Hiçbir şey olmamış gibi jest ve mimik yaptım.
Meaning
I used gestures and facial expressions as if nothing happened.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hiçbir şey olmamış gibi jest ve mimik yaptım.
ve
and
yapmak
to do / to make
gibi
like (similar to)
şey
thing
Questions & Answers about Hiçbir şey olmamış gibi jest ve mimik yaptım.
The current lesson is about -AcAk gibi. Why does this sentence use olmamış gibi?
While -AcAk gibi expresses an imminent action (acting or feeling as if something is about to happen), -mIş gibi expresses acting as if something has already happened. Since the speaker is pretending a past event didn't occur, the past suffix -mIş is used instead of the future -AcAk.
Why is the verb negative (olmamış) when the English translation says "as if nothing happened"?
In Turkish, words containing hiç (like hiçbir şey for "nothing" or hiç kimse for "nobody") grammatically require a negative verb. So, "nothing happened" must literally be constructed as "nothing didn't happen" (hiçbir şey olmamış).
Why do we use yaptım (I made/did) instead of a verb for "I used"?
In English, you "use" gestures, but in Turkish, the natural collocation is to "make" or "do" them. The standard phrase is jest ve mimik yapmak.
Why aren't jest and mimik pluralized as jestler ve mimikler?
When referring to a general category or a non-specific type of action, Turkish typically leaves the noun in its singular form. Adding the plural suffix -lAr here would sound like you are referring to very specific, individual gestures rather than the general act of gesturing.