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VARIANTS OF TRANSLATING

A. SIMULTANEOUS ACTIONS
Дивно, що ти йдеш до театру.
1) Indicative mood (in unemotional or formal speech):
It is strange that you go to the theatre.
2) For-to-complex (in unemotional informal speech):
It is strange for you to go to the theatre.
3) Suppositional Mood (in emotional informal speech):
It is strange that you should go to the theatre.

B. PRIOR ACTIONS
Дивно, що ти ходив до театру.
1) Indicative mood (in unemotional or formal speech):
It is strange that you went to the theatre.
2) For-to-complex (in unemotional informal speech):
It is strange for you to have gone to the theatre.
3) Suppositional Mood (in emotional informal speech):
It is strange that you should have gone to the theatre.

!Emotions are additionally signaled in speech by the intonation.

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