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Ferit Burak Aydar
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zero. nought.It's 4 degrees below zero. five oh seven sixdouble oh seven - 007.England won 3-0 (three nil).three to nothing.30-0, thirty love
I'm leaving for Ankara tomorrow.
schedule, timetables
The plane leaves for Ankara at 8.
The game starts at 4 o'clock.
I start/am starting my new job on Monday
He didn't use to smoke.
He used not to smoke.
He usen't to smoke.
He didn't used to smoke
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Four years ago today, @isaiahthomas dropped 53 points on what would have been his sister’s 23rd birthday.
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When do you play tennis?
Emre plays tennis.
Who plays tennis?
She played tennis.
Did she play tennis?
Who played tennis?
What happened?
Over time & overtime:
The academic staff worked overtime.
overtime pay.
Raptors won the title by defeating Celtics in overtime.
As I got to know him over time, I slowly fell in love with him.
gradually
countable-uncountable.Yesterday after dinner I listened to some music.
Show him some respect.
There's some rice on the table.
I’ve seen some good movies recently.
Some kids learn quickly.
He owes me some thirty pounds.
Some think he is dead.
She sat beside him during dinner.
These problems seem unimportant beside the potential benefits of the new system.They serve pasta and many other foods besides.I'm not ready to get married yet. Besides, I enjoy living alone.He writes novels and poems, besides working as a journalist.Besides being good company, he was always ready to try anything.
Accept-except
I accept your invitation.
Scientists have accepted the new theory.
preposition, conjunction.
Everyone except me.
They didn't open their mouths except to complain.
An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.
both-neither-either.
Both rackets are good.
Neither racket is expensive.
We can buy either racket.
both ... and
neither...nor
either...or
Both Nadal and Federer were late.
I was both tired and hungry when I got home.
Neither Nadal nor Federer were late.
I was neither tired nor hungry when I got home.
Either Nadal or Federer was late, I don't know.
He was either tired or hungry, hence his anger.
Do you want to drink the Carlsberg or Heineken?
altogether
all together
They were all together at the party.all at once.It is altogether acceptable to come without a gift.
There were altogether twenty people at the dinner.
marry, get married, be married.
I'm married.
Participle.
I've been married for five years.
How many novels did Yaşar Kemal write?
How many novels has Orhan Pamuk written?
Before Orhan Pamuk left writing, how many novels had he written?
conscience-conscious
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
Conscious.
She was conscious of the stranger standing close to her.
He made a conscious effort to speak more clearly.
Self-conscious.
Not to be confused with.
affect-effectHis protest had no effect. cause and affect.put into affect. to the effect that.
Inflation affects the buying power of the lira.
He affected a British accent.
The president affected a knowledge of economics.
Not to be confused with!
slow-slower
big-bigger
great-greater
hot-hotter
easy-easier
heavy-heavier
the most expensive-cheapest
fun,right, wrong, real
more dark
I did play
Just.
This is just the start (that) Nadal has sought.
Reduction, Reduced Relative Clauses.
This is just the start that Nadal has sought.
by a small margin; barely: He just got there in time.
exactly; precisely: that's just what I mean.
Should
You look tired. You should go to bed.
The government should do more to reduce unemployment.
You look tired. You must have a rest.
I think, Do you think veya I don't think.
She has been studying hard, she should pass her exam.
RJ Barrett Jr. should have another big game against the Raptors
Fall in love/out of love with someone.
I fell in love with her.
fall into error/trap/trouble/sin.
fall ill.
I got into the room.
I got out of the room.
have something done.
Yesterday I had my hair cut.
They had all their money stolen while they were walking around Sultanahmet.
He had his nose broken in a fight.
Djokovic has had his visa cancelled.
*Would
Would you mind turning your music down a little?
Would you mind opening the door?
would prefer, would rather
Would you mind if I opened the window?
Would you mind if I didn't go out with you tonight?
Past Tense-Present
*need
Infinitive-Gerund
Medvedev needs to improve his volleys.
My jacket needs cleaning.
My jacket needs to be cleaned.
These chairs need repairing.
This is a very hard problem. It needs thinking.
crowd & crowded.
The play drew a small but appreciative crowd.
The children crowded around the TV.
a crowded bus.
This place is very crowded.
-ed, tired, bored.
*already, still, yet, just, ever, never.
I wasn't hungry. I had just had lunch.
He had already left when I got to the court.
I love you very much.
I love you so much.
I love you so much that I can do anything you want.
I love you too much.
fairly, quite, rather, pretty
Adverbs/Adverbials of Time.
Present Perfect Tense.
already.
just.
yet.
recently.
Have you seen him recently?
in the last months/weeks/years/centuries/century.
last month - Past Tense.
*hang
Regular or irregular.
merriam-webster.com
1) hang-hung.
2) hang-hanged.
I hung a portrait of Karl Marx on the wall.
After work, she hung out in the pub.
They hanged the prisoner.
They hanged the prisoner and hung him in the square under the curious eyes of the public.
*I wish.
I wish I were a basketball player.
I wish I had been a basketball player.
I wish you didn't have to work today.
I wish I hadn't eaten too much
*some.
Being an unspecified number or quantity: Some people came into the room. Would you like some sugar?
Some 40 people attended the rally.
That was some raining! Some scorer.
Relative clauses.
The park in which we played tennis yesterday was awesome.
Yesterday we played tennis in a park. The park was awesome.
*go on.
gerund-infinitive.
Nadal went on playing tennis.
After Nadal finished his homework, he went on to play tennis.
went on doing; went on to do (past hali).
Nadal would go on to win the French Open on a further few occasions.
*may/might.
Perhaps.
He may/might be at home.
Perhaps he is at home.
I may/might be playing tennis.
Perhaps I'm playing tennis.
Past.
Modals + Verb1.
Present Perfect.
She may have slept.
Perhaps she slept.
I may have left my bag in the shop.
Perhaps I left my bag in the shop.
Continuous.
He might have been sleeping.
Perhaps he was sleeping.
*to try.
try to do something.
I tried to open the window but I couldn't.
You should try.
Try cutting the red one.
I didn't like the way the furniture was arranged, so I tried moving the table to the other side of the room.
Have you tried changing the battery?
*Present Perfect. Past Perfect. Past Perfect Continuous. After I had come home, I called Victoria. When I came home Victoria had gone. When I came home Victoria went.
*grave
grave wound
a grave defect
gravity
grave consequence; seriousness or importance:
*Present Perfect Tense
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Past Tense
I broke my arm last week
I have broken my arm.
*utter
to utter
thefreedictionary
speak, pronounce
adjective
complete, absolute, entire
utter the truth
the utter truth
the other truth
utter nonsense, darkness
*And
but; on the contrary: He tried to run five miles and couldn't.
He had made a little circle to look at the house in Browne Street. And it was already sold.
Ahmet is an engineer; and Ayşe is a doctor.
...a recognition of its literary models is often important and sometimes essential;
We played tennis and went home.
And is there any reason why these differences appeared when and where they did?
*to be
I'm a student.
I was a student.
Present Perfect Tense.
Past Perfect Tense.
Continuous Tenses.
- vacation vs. vocation. thefreedictionary.com vacation, holiday, vacate, vacant. vocation A regular occupation, occupy, call, calling b. Theology A calling of an individual by God, especially for a religious career.
*If Conditionals ya da If Clauses.
If Clause 2.
If there were no schools / If it were not for schools, I would laudably preside over the ministry of education.
“If there are no schools”.
would / could / might.
Present Perfect kalıbı
assume
thefreedictionary.com
v.tr. - transitive verb
assumption
-to take upon oneself; undertake or accept: *to assume responsibility.
-to take over the duties or responsibilities of: to assume the office of treasurer.
-to adopt: to assume the role of patron of the arts.
-to seize; usurp: to assume control.*
*Continuous Tenses.
in the middle of something.
Evrensel Continuous formülü:
to be + Gerund, yani Verb-ing.
I'm waiting.
I’ve been waiting.
I was waiting.
I had been waiting.
*conceive
v.tr. - transitive verb *To become pregnant with (offspring)
To form or develop in the mind.
To apprehend mentally; understand.*conception
Formation of a viable zygote by the union of the male sperm and female ovum.contraception
contraceptive
*could
can'in past hali
was/were able to
We had no idea what Proust was talking about in that passage, but we were able to understand in the end.
Sampras was an excellent tennis player, he could beat anyone.
Sampras was an excellent tennis player, but he was able to beat Hewitt only a few times.
Genel bir kural olarak, sözlükten anlam öğrenilir, karşılık değil.
*pity
noun
verb
transitive
thefreedictionary.com
merriam-webster.com
tureng.com
zargan.com
*Had better
Burada have'in past hali değildir had.
You had better take your umbrella. It might rain.
This cake is delicious. You should taste it.
The person you have called cannot be reached at the moment. Reduction Relative Clause The person [that] you have called cannot be reached at the moment. Özdüşünümlülük!
*But
However
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
How-ever
Never-the-less
None-the-less
And yet
Yet
*Would
will'in past'ı?
It would be nice to live in another country, but I don't have enough money.
Shall I tell him what happened?
No, I wouldn't say anything.
Would & If
Perfect kalıbı: Özne +would + have + Verb3
If Raptors had signed Ibaka, they would have been a contender.
Olmasaydın, olmazdık kalıbı = would have V3.
counterfactuality – karşıolgusallık.
*Previously.
Formerly.
I used to beat you (but now I cannot).
This building is now a shopping-mall. It used to be a cinema.
to be
I'm used to playing tennis every day.
The ve a/an.
The kimi zaman Türkçede belirtili nesneye denk düşer.
There are three windows. Could you please open a window?
There is only one window. Could you please open the window?
The young. The unemployed. The dead. The injured.
The rich are the biggest problem in the world.
The French. The Chinese. The English. The Japanese.
Italians, Turks, Americans.
Gerund-Infinitive.
Proust'ta olduğu gibi İngilizcede de hatırlamak zordur.
*Remember
I want to play.
I like swimming.
I remember playing basketball in high school.
I remember to do something.
I remember doing something.
I remember calling her.
I remember to call her.
Remember, remember, the fifth of November.
Remember to lock the door.
Tense (kip) ayrı, zaman (time) ayrıdır. Tense'ler zamanı değil, zamanla kurulan özel ilişki biçimini ifade eder.
Toplumların zaman mefhumları farklıdır.
Türkçe ne kadar geçmiş ağırlıklıysa, İngilizce de şimdi ağırlıklıdır.
Chomsky: Anadil edinilen bir dildir.
*Present Perfect Tense
İngilizce zamanı ikiye ayırır: Şimdi (gelecek de dahil) ve geçmiş.
İngilizcede geçmiş geçmişte kalmıştır.
William Faulkner'a değil, Oscar Wilde'a kulak verelim.
*I have forgotten your name.