As if hueleza kitu kinavyoonekana kwa kukilinganisha na hali nyingine. Baada ya look, sound, feel na seem, huonyesha hisia au taswira: It looks as if it's going to rain. Ulinganisho unapojulikana kuwa si kweli, wakati uliopita mara nyingi hufuata as if: He talks as if he knew everything, ingawa kwa kweli hajui kila kitu.
Ungetumia as if vipi?
Tunga sentensi; tutakagua kama neno lina maana inayofaa na kupendekeza marekebisho.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
look/sound/feel/seem + as if + clause; verb + as if + past simple (not true); As if! (spoken reply)
- Many graduates feel as if their degree has not prepared them for real work.
- The sky looks as if it's going to rain, so take an umbrella.
- My grandmother remembers her first day at school as if it were yesterday.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaHe talks about Paris like if he had lived there for years.
Baada ya marekebishoHe talks about Paris as if he had lived there for years.
Wanafunzi wakati mwingine huunganisha like ya kulinganisha na if ya hali ya kufikirika, wakapata like if. Lakini kwa ulinganisho unaokusudiwa hapa, kiungo kinachohitajika ni as if. Katika mazungumzo unaweza pia kusema like pekee: He talks like he lived there. Like if si muundo unaofaa katika sentensi hii.
As though ina maana ileile: She looked as though she hadn't slept. Jibu As if! likisimama peke yake ni kama haiwezekani! au unaota!: Tom thinks I'll lend him my car. As if! Husikika la kejeli na kimisimu, kwa hiyo halifai katika insha au usaili wa kazi.
Zamu yako
You look ___ you haven't slept for a week.
Onyesha jibu
as if — Sentensi inaeleza taswira: uso wa mtu unaonyesha kana kwamba hajalala kwa muda mrefu. Baada ya look, taswira hiyo hutangulizwa na as if. As pekee haiwezi kuanzisha kishazi hiki kwa maana hiyo.
Eleza sura au hali ya mtu wa familia au unayemfahamu baada ya mtihani, likizo au kuhama. Tumia look + as if.
After his final exam, my brother looked as if he had just run a marathon.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.