Wednesday, 11 January 2023

Session 16

 11th January 2023 

wet, chilly

Wednesday


TB, page 20 


household = locuinta 

sheperd = cioban 

to fantasise (ed) = a -si inchipui 


used to = obisnuiam sa ( past habits) 

* He used to/ would  play tennis in his free time. ( he doesn't do that any more ) 

* The child didn't use to/ wouldn't  spend so much time in front of the computer . ( nowadays he spends a lot of time ) 


" Would " + V1  is not a good choice if the V is a stative one ( similar to " be " , "have " ) 

*  He used to  / would  have a lot of friends. 

1/ 21 , TB 

  • 1. Women used to  have seven or eight children.
  • 2. On cold nights, everyone in the family used to/ would crowd together to sleep, to warm each other up.
  • 3. Parents didn't use to/wouldn't sing songs to their children or play with them.
  • 4. It used to  be normal to call a child ‘it’ rather than ‘he’ or ‘she’.



to bear- bore - born = a suporta / a purta 

moss = muschi ( vegetatie)

Inuit = eschimos

to breed - bred - bred = a inmulti 

on the move = in continua miscare 

herd = turma/ cireada

to exploit (ed) =a exploata 








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