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4. Cu little
She knows little about this field.
Little does she know about this field.
6. Anumite conditionale
If he had come to the party, I would have left.
Had he come to the party, I would have left.
If I were there, I would try to do something.
Were I there, I would try to do something.
If he should happen to come, give him this book, please.
Should he happen to come, give him this book, please.
Exercitii Inversiune :
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The babys mother had hardly put him in the buggy, when he started crying again.
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If it should happen to rain, take the laundry into the house, please!
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Change the normal sentence into one with inversion. For example:
"We had hardly arrived when Julie burst into the house" becomes
"Hardly had we arrived when Julie burst into the house".
3) They had no sooner eaten dinner than the ceiling crashed onto the dining
table
No sooner had they eaten dinner than the ceiling crashed onto the dining
table
Scarcely had I finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the
end of the exam
PRONUMELE INTEROGATIV
WHAT inseamna CE.
What is that? - Ce este aceea?
What day is it? - Ce zi este azi?
What is his name? - Ce este numele lui (Cum il cheama)?
What age is he? - Ce este varsta lui (Cati ani are)?
What is in a name? - Ce este intr-un nume (ce inseamna un nume)? - (Romeo si Julieta
- Shakespeare)
What a man! - Ce om!
What are his parents? - Ce sunt parintii lui?
What kind of bread is that? - Ce fel de paine este aceea?
WHO inseamna CINE si dupa cum am vazut mai sus poate insemna si care.
WHO - CINE
Who este cine fara prepozitie. Whom este cu prepozitie: pe cine, cu cine, la cine
Cand nu e interogatie Who poate fi tradus si cu CARE sau PE CARE (whom)
Cand se refera mai degraba la oricine, cine se traduce cu whoever.
Who me? - Cine eu?
Who do you think you are? - Cine te crezi?
Who will answer? - Cine va raspunde?
She is the girl who answered. - Ea este fata care a raspuns.
That is the man whom I saw - Acela e omul pe care l-am vazut
Whoever answers, wins - Cine (oricine) raspunde, castiga.
WHOEVER - ORICINE
Cand cine are intelesul de oricine se foloseste whoever.
Anybody sau anyone au deasemeni intelesul de oricine. Cand oricine poate fi inlocuit
de cine atunci se foloseste whoever.
Altfel se foloseste anybody, anyone
Whoever buys you earrings again - Cine ti-o mai lua cercei
Anybody can come to the party - Oricine are voie sa vina la petrecere
Whoever comes to the party, may win a prize - Cine vine la petrecere poate castiga un
premiu
de that. That car - Masina aceea, masina a fost identificata, deci acum putem folosi
which.
That car which is in the parking lot is Mary's. - Masina aceea care este in parcare este a
Mariei.
Who + prepositions
We can use who as the complement of a preposition:
It was Cath who Ian gave the keys to. It wasnt me. (who refers to Cathand is the complement of the preposition to)
We put the preposition at the end of the relative clause, and not immediately before who:
Of all my friends, shes the one who I know I can rely on.
Not: the one on who I know I can rely.
Nicola phoned the fire brigade, who then alerted the police and social workers.
We do not use who for things:
There are some very good art books which you can get ideas from.
Not: There are some very good art books who you can get ideas from.
Whom + prepositions
The most common use of whom is with a preposition. We can use whom as the complement of a preposition:
The first book was a terrible historical novel for children which was turned down by every publisher to whom it was
sent. (whom refers to every publisher and is the complement of the preposition to)
Drama in schools is particularly good for pupils for whom English is a second language.
We put the preposition before whom.
Compare
more formal
less formal
more formal
less formal
Relative pronouns
Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which,
that. The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause.
defining and
non-defining
which
defining and
non-defining;
clause referring
to a whole
sentence
that
defining only
who
possessive meaning;
whose
whom
defining and
for people and animals usually;
non-defining
sometimes for things in formal
situations
people in formal styles or in
writing; often with a
preposition; rarely in
conversation; used instead
defining and
non-defining