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If the decision were to go against us, we would appeal
BE TO-planned intention, daca decizia ar urma sa fie luata
impotriva noastra
He is (about) to leave the room-intentioneaza sa paraseasca
camera
Uncountable nouns have a singular form and a plural meaning.
Nouns such as !"I#$ andIN%&'I&N need a partitive e*pression
in front of them. +o the correct for is alwas
I$#$ &% !"I#$ and it is '&N/ to sa N !"I#$.
It is also correct to sa a piece of advice sau +&$ !"I#$ for
plural, but is is again '&N/
to sa +&$ !"I#$+
o practise- "$'0 practice- N&UN
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The relative clause-propozitia relativa
-it modifies the meaning of a noun, it adds e*tra information to
the noun or to the noun phrase,
about one of the nouns in the main clause. relative clause
follows the NOUN or the NOUN
PHRASE
-it relates to wherever the noun Is in the sentence
he new cars have all been sold. Thewere made in Ireland!
The ne" cars"hich#that "ere $ade in %reland have all &een
sold- the subordinate or
relative clause
he new cars have all been sold- main clause, it can stand as an
independent sentence
here is the doctor. Sheused to live ne*t door.
There is the doctor "ho#that used to live ne't door!
here is the doctor. I met heresterda.
There is the doctor "ho$ % $et esterda!
he woman is a well 1nown actress. 2ou met herson.
The "o$an "hose son ou $et is a "ell (no"n actress.
he relative pronouns H&, H&, H&+$, HI#H, H lin1 3
separate ideas about the
same thing or things. he usuall refer to persons and things, and
the replace personal
pronouns( the, she, her, he)
C)E*T SENTENCES- underline a particular situation
I plus 0$ plus H'+$ plus '$4I"$ #4U+$
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!oamna a a fost cea care ne-a vorbit prima data despre ei.
I was isses a who first told us about them.- here I is use for
emphasis, it doesn5t actuall
mean anthing, it 6ust replaces the sub6ect of the sentence.
It was om who who helped us.
It5s the manager thatwe want to see. 7 rephrase8 e want to see
the manager-N/$'-
ob6ect
mundser reached the +ounth ole in 9:99.
8was to rephrase the sentence;
9. It was munsder who reached the +outh ole in 9:99
3. It was the +outh ole that mundser reached in 9:99
that or an > that-this is the meaning.
The person "ho painted this graffiti ought to clear it up.(
graffiti- sg?pl as starfish,
@apanese, series) ( ar trebui sa il curete)
+hoever ( no matter who it is) who painted this graffiti ought
to clear it up.
