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FOR si SINCE

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FOR arata durata unei actiuni, iar SINCE arata inceputul unei actiuni.

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FOR se pune atunci cand indicam o perioada de timp. Pe FOR il putem intalni cel mai des cu un numeral, in formulari de felul urmator:

for a week = (timp) de o saptamanafor ten days = (timp) de zece zilefor three months = (timp) de trei lunifor five minutes = (timp) de cinci minutefor two centuries = (timp) de doua secoleetc.

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FOR se mai intalneste si in urmatoarele expresii:

for a while = de scurt timpfor a long time = de mult timp, de multa vremefor a long while = de mult timp, de multa vremefor a short time = de scurt timp, de scurta vremefor a short while = de scurt timp, de scurta vremefor a few days/ years/ weeks… = (timp) de cateva zile/ ani/ saptamani…for many days/ years/ weeks… = (timp) de multe zile/ ani/ saptamani…for ages = de un car de ani, de o vesnicie (evident la figurat)

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SINCE se pune atunci cand indicam inceputul unei perioade de timp. SINCE arata de cand anume incepe o anumita actiune.

SINCE se foloseste in exprimari de genul urmator:since 1987 = din 1987since July = din iuliesince lunchtime = din timpul pranzuluisince the beginning of the lesson = de la inceputul lectieisince 10 o’clock = de la ora 10since Wednesday = de miercurisince my friends arrived = de cand au sosit prietenii meisince I was a child = de cand eram copilsince we graduated high school = de cand am absolvit liceuletc.

Atentie! SINCE se poate folosi inclusiv cu propozitii. In propozitia introdusa prin “since” avem verbul la Past Simple!

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FOR si SINCE sunt specifice timpurilor perfecte (Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect).

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Exemple:I haven’t seen him for ages. => Present Perfect Simple(Nu l-am vazut de un car de vreme.)

We have been friends since the beginning of the school year. => Present Perfect Continuous(Suntem prieteni de la inceputul anului scolar.)

He had been trying to repair the car for fifty minutes by the time the mechanic arrived. => Past Perfect Continuous(Incercase sa repare masina timp de 50 de minute pana cand a sosit mecanicul.)

They had been married since 1970 when her husband died. => Past Perfect Simple(Fusesera casatoriti din 1970 cand sotul ei a murit.)

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The girls will have been making cookies for three hours by the time their guests arrive. => Future Perfect Continuous(Fetele vor face prajiturele de trei ore pana cand vor sosi musafirii.)

The books will have been there since June by the time she finally notices them. => Future Perfect Simple(Cartile vor fi acolo din iunie pana cand, in cele din urma, le va observa si ea.)