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Stative verbs
(glagoli, ki označujejo stanja in jih ne uporabljamo v Continuous časih)

Primer: Hočem skodelico čaja. / Čas: sedanjost, zdaj

Ker jo hočem zdaj, v tem trenutku, bi morali po pravilu uporabiti Present Continuous.
Glagol WANT je stative verb, zato namesto časa Present Continuous uporabimo Present Simple:
I want a cup of tea. (nepravilno: I am wanting a cup of tea.)/ Do you understand what I mean?

Naslednjih glagolov praviloma ne uporabljamo v obliki Continuous:

1. Glagoli, ki označujejo čustva: like, dislike, love, hate, prefer, adore, wish, want
2. Glagoli čutnih zaznav: feel, see, hear, taste, smell
3. Glagoli, ki označujejo miselna dogajanja: forget, believe, wonder, know, agree, disagree,
guess, doubt, understand …
4. Glagoli, ki označujejo stanja: seem, cost, contain, belong, sound, own, have

*Nekatere glagole lahko uporabimo v obliki Simple ali Continuous, vendar se spremeni pomen;

1. think
Simple uporabimo, kadar je pomen misliti; Continuous, kadar je pomen premišljevati.
I don’t agree* with you. I _____________________ you are wrong. (*tudi agree je stative verb!)
You are so quiet today. What _________ you ______________ about?

2. have
Have lahko uporabimo v Continuous obliki v besednih zvezah, kot so: to have a bath/ a shower/
dinner/ lunch/ supper/ breakfast/ a meeting/ an appointment /a break …
Have kot polnopomenski glagol s pomenom imeti, posedovati uporabimo v Simple obliki.
What was I doing at 10 o'clock? Well, I _____________________ a break.
Yes, I am married and I _____________________ four children.

3. see
See tvori Continuous obliko, kadar ga uporabimo v pomenu sestati se, biti dogovorjen.
She _____________________ her dentist tomorrow. She has an appointment in the morning.
Look, Mummy, I _____________________ a boat.
Rešitev: 1. think, are … thinking / 2. was having, have / 3. is seeing, see