Breakdown of Onun bakışı da bana çok manidar gibi geldi.
o
that / he / she / it
ben
I
çok
very
gibi
like (similar to)
de
too, also (de/da) / even if (concessive particle after conditional) / and (linking clauses)
gibi gelmek
to seem / to feel like (to someone)
manidar
suggestive / meaningful
bakış
glance / look
Questions & Answers about Onun bakışı da bana çok manidar gibi geldi.
The lesson mentions using clauses before gibi geldi, but here we use an adjective (manidar). Is this common?
Yes! While you have seen it with full verb clauses, you can also use gibi gelmek directly with adjectives or nouns to mean "seemed [adjective] to me." Here, manidar gibi geldi simply means "it seemed suggestive."
How is the word bakışı formed here?
It comes from the verb bakmak (to look). By adding the verbal noun suffix -ış, it becomes bakış (a look or gaze). Then, the third-person possessive suffix -ı is added because it is linked to the genitive pronoun Onun (his), forming the compound Onun bakışı (his look).
Why is da placed right after bakışı rather than somewhere else in the sentence?
The particle da (also/too) emphasizes the concept immediately before it. Placing it right after bakışı means "his look also" (perhaps in addition to his words or actions). If you wanted to say "it seemed suggestive to me also," you would place it after the dative pronoun instead: bana da.
What exactly does manidar mean in this context?
Manidar literally means "meaningful," but it is usually used to describe something with a hidden, suggestive, or slightly ironic undertone. At the B2 level, it is a great vocabulary word to know because it is extremely common to pair it with words like bakış (look) or gülümseme (smile) when someone is hinting at something without saying it out loud.
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