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Intrebarile disjunctive se traduc cu "nu-i asa" in limba romana.

Daca in Propozitia Principala avem verb pozitiv atunci se foloseste auxiliarul timpului
din Propozitia Principala la negativ:

She is nice, isn’t she? (Ea este draguta, nu-i asa?)

Daca in Propozitia Principala avem verb negativ atunci se foloseste auxiliarul

timpului din Propozitia Principala la pozitiv:

She isn’t nice, is she? (Ea nu este draguta, nu-i asa?)

Present Simple: We love Star Wars, don’t we?/ We don’t like Star Trek, do we?
Present Simple: He loves girls, doesn’t he?/ He doesn’t like fish, does he?
Present Simple: !!! I am happy, aren’t I/ am I not?/ I am not satisfied, am I?
Present Continuous: I am talking now, aren't I?/ am I not?
Present Continuous: They are coming tomorrow, aren’t they?
Present Continuous: She is talking on the phone, isn’t she?/ She isn’t playing the computer,
is she?
Present Perfect Simple: You have seen her already, haven’t you?/ You haven’t eaten yet,
have you?
Present Perfect Simple: She has already left, hasn’t she?/ She hasn't eaten, has she?
Past Simple: They saw her yesterday, didn’t they?/ They didn’t eat lobster, did they?
Past Continuous: They were running, weren't they?/ I wasn't sleeping, was I?
Past Perfect Simple: They had left, hadn't they?/ They hadn't arrived, had they?
Future Simple: She will help you tomorrow, won’t she?/ She won’t come early, will she?
Future Simple: I shall be there, shan’t I?/ I shall not/ shan’t see to it, shall I?

!!! HAVE TO si HAS TO fac negatia cu DO si respectiv DOES:

You have to be more careful, don’t you?

You don’t have to be more careful, do you?

She has to come early, ...?

a) Doesn’t she
b) Does she
c) Hasn’t she
d) Didn’t see

!!! Atentie: daca avem Prezent Perfect atunci folosim auxiliarele HAVE si respectiv HAS:

She has arrived late, ...?

a) Has she
b) Hadn’t she
c) Hasn’t she
d) Doesn’t she

We have arrived, haven't we? / We have to arrive, don't we?

She has arrived, hasn't she? / She has to arrive, doesn't she?
!!! HAD TO face negatia cu DIDN'T:

I had to leave earlier, didn’t I?

I didn’t have to leave earlier, did I?

Nu confundati cu Past Perfect unde negatia se face cu auxiliarul HAD:

I had seen her before she left, hadn’t I?

Have = Have got = a avea

They have a big house, don’t they?
They have got a big house, haven’t they?

!!!!!!! USED TO face negatia cu DID:

I used to walk in the park, didn’t I?
I didn’t use to walk a lot, did I?

!!!!!! Expresiile HAD BETTER si WOULD RATHER/ WOULD SOONER fac

prescurtarea in acelasi fel, 'D, ceea ce poate crea confuzii:

You’d better leave, ...

a) hadn’t you
b) wouldn’t you?
c) haven’t you?
d) had you?

You’d rather stay, ...

a) wouldn’t you?
b) hadn’t you?
c) would you?
d) had you?

!!!! MUST poate exprima deductie, obligatie sau interdictie. In functie de ce exprima se
alege auxiliarul.

1. Daca MUST exprima DEDUCTIE atunci se ia in considerare verbul de dupa

MUST si se pune auxiliarul BE sau DO in functie de verb :
You must be happy, aren’t you?
She must be the new teacher, isn't she?
I must be crazy to like him, aren’t I?
Wow, Robert is a flight attendent, he must fly a lot, doesn't he?
They must like children since they have so many, don’t they?

2. Daca MUST exprima obligatie atunci se foloseste MUSTN'T:

She must come tomorrow, mustn’t she?

3. Daca MUST exprima interdictie atunci se foloseste MUST:

You mustn’t leave, must you?

Daca avem OUGHT TO putem face negatia in intrebare cu SHOULDN'T sau

OUGHTN'T:
She should be ok, shouldn’t she?/ She shouldn’t be OK, should she?
You ought to listen to him, oughtn’t you/ shouldn’t you?
MAY face negatia in intrebarile disjunctive cu MIGHTN'T sau MAY ... NOT:
She may be ill, mightn’t she?/ may she not?
They might come sooner, mightn’t they?

!!!ATENTIE: daca avem o negatie intr-o propozitie din fraza atunci toata fraza se
considera negativa si se pune auxiliar pozitiv in intrebarea disjunctiva:

I don’t think / that she was happy, was she?

I think / that she wasn’t happy, was she?

Urmatoarele cuvinte sunt considerate negative si deci cand sunt folosite in propozitie se
foloseste verb pozitiv in intrebarea disjunctiva:
hardly, scarcely, barely, little, few, rarely, never

I can hardly (-) talk, (+) can I?

I have little (-) sugar left, (+) do I?
They like few (-) films, (+) do they?

!!!!!!!!!! LET'S (hai sa) sau LET US (hai sa) vor folosi SHALL WE in intrebarea
disjunctiva:
Let’s go to the cinema, shall we?/ Let us procede, shall we?

Daca avem alte pronume decat us dupa let (de ex. her/ him/ them) atunci se considera ca
este un ordin si pentru ordine se foloseste WILL:
Let her go out, ...?
a) Will you
b) Shall you
c) Can you
d) Won’t you

Dupa IMPERATIV se foloseste WILL YOU? indiferent daca propozitia este afirmativa sau
negativa:
Go away, will you?
Don’t do that again, will you?

Variante:

Give me a hand, could you? (request)

Close the door, would you? (polite request)
Give Jill a lift, can you? (informal request)
Keep quiet, can’t you? (informal request)

!!! Atentie sa nu confundati HAD cu WOULD pentru ca ambele fac prescurtarea in 'D, dar
dupa HAD se foloseste Verb III sau cu - ed si dupa WOULD se foloseste Verb la
Infinitiv:

I’d already left, hadn’t I? (I had left) had + vb.III/-ed

I’d like to see her, wouldn’t I? (I would like) would +vb. Inf.

!!! Daca avem somebody (cineva), someone (cineva), everybody (toata lumea), everyone
(toata lumea), nobody(nimeni), no one (nimeni) (care se folosesc cu verb la singular) sau
those/these atunci se foloseste pronumele they in intrebarea disjunctiva:
Somebody told you the answer, didn't they?
Somebody tells you how to do it, don't they?
No one called while I was out, did they
Everyone has a great day, don't they?

!!! Daca avem nothing, everything, something, anything sau that/this, atunci se foloseste
pronumele it in intrebarea disjunctiva:
Nothing is wrong, is it?
That was a nice show, wasn’t it?

!!! Daca folosim there is, there are, there was, there were etc, pronumele este there:
There are two TV's, aren't there?
There is a man in the garden, isn’t there?
There was little (-) milk left, (+) was there?

Substantivul este inlocuit de un pronume in intrebarile disjunctive:

Mary was cleaning the room, wasn’t she?