COURSE 20

January, 2009

Happy Birthday (to you)! – La mulţi ani! (de ziua de naştere)

Many happy returns of the day! – La mulţi ani ! (de ziua onomastică)
I wish you a happy birthday!
town centre/ downtown – centrul oraşului

Personal Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

Personal Pronouns Possessive Possessive

Adjectives Pronouns
Nominative Dative-
Accusative

Sg. I
I me my mine
II
you you your yours
III
he him his his
she her her hers
it it its its

Pl. I
we us our ours
II
you you your yours
III
they them their theirs

I told you to call me at once.

Did you receive my mail? Did you receive mine? I received yours.
Do this for me and for her! She is your colleague.
You are their best friend. Do they help you? They don’t help us.
Our car is not very new. We bought it second-hand. Its colour is blue.
He paid by card for his laptop. It wasn’t very expensive.

cute [ k j u: t ] – drăgălaş
to get along – a se înţelege
to take good care of smb/ smth – a avea multă grijă de
peaceful – liniştit, paşnic

ALSO & TOO

ALSO [ ɔ: l s əu ] – de asemenea
TOO [ t u: ]
→ poziţia lui ALSO este între auxiliar şi verb
→ poziţia lui TOO este la sfârşitul propoziţiei
I am also going to school. / I am going to school, too.
Did you also play cards? / Did you play cards, too?

cupboard [ k ʌ b ə d ] – dulap de vase la bucătărie

basket [ b a: s k i t ] – coş
basketball – baschet (jocul: mingea la coş)
FRUIT (pl.) – fructe (în general)
FRUITS – fructe (de mai multe soiuri)
FISH (pl.) – peşte (în general)
He caught a lot of fish.
FISHES – peşti (de mai multe specii)
hammer [ h æ m ə ] – ciocan
tool [ t u: l ] – unealtă, sculă
SHOULD [  u d ]
WOULD [ w u d ]

TO LISTEN TO
Short Adj. + - ER/ - EST
cold – colder – the coldest
easy – easier – the easiest
busy – busier – the busiest
dry – drier – the driest
happy – happier – the happiest
funny – funnier – the funniest
thin – thinner – the thinnest
Long Adj. + MORE / THE MOST
beautiful – more beautiful – the most beautiful

shop window – vitrină

colleague [ ´k ɔ l i: g ] – coleg
college [ ´k ɔ l i dʒ ] – colegiu, facultate
THAN [ ð æ n ] – decât
THEN [ ð e n ] – apoi, atunci
story – stories
baby – babies
lady – ladies
cry – cries
study – studies
reply – replies
spy – spies

TO GO TO
TO FIND, FOUND, FOUND – a găsi
TO HIDE, HID, HIDDEN – a (se) ascunde
trainers, sneakers – adidaşi
pub [ p ʌ b ] – cârciumă
public house
shelf (pl. shelves) – raft

SOME/ANY/NO/EVERY
SOME – ceva, câtva; nişte; unii/ unele
I have some money.
I saw some horses in the field.
Some people think he is crazy.
somebody/ someone – cineva
something – ceva
somewhere – undeva
somehow – cumva
sometimes – câteodată, uneori
NO/ NOT + ANY
I don’t have some friends.
any
Nobody knows some of them.
any
I don’t know somebody.
anybody
ANY
 anybody/ anyone – oricine
anything – orice
anywhere – oriunde
Anybody knows her. (Oricine o cunoaşte.)
I don’t know anybody. (Nu cunosc pe nimeni.)
Do you know anybody? (Cunoşti pe cineva?)
NO
nobody/ no one – nimeni
none [ n ʌ n ] – niciunul (din mai mulţi)
nothing – nimic
nowhere – nicăieri
I have no friends. (Nu am niciun prieten.)
Nothing happened. (Nu s-a întâmplat nimic.)
I was nowhere. (N-am fost nicăieri.) = I wasn’t anywhere.
NOT + ANY NO
I didn’t see anybody.
I saw nobody.
I didn’t find anything.
I found nothing.

THERE IS NO DOUBLE NEGATION IN ENGLISH!!!

threat [ θ r e t ] – ameninţare
Vb: to threaten [ θ r e t n ] – a amenimţa
Adj: threatening – ameninţător
to look for – a căuta