For a while ni kwa muda fulani, mara nyingi si mrefu sana. Haitaji urefu wa kipindi hicho hasa: kinaweza kuwa nusu saa au miezi kadhaa. Katika ukanushi, inaweza kudokeza muda mrefu kiasi: I haven't seen him for a while ni muda umepita tangu nilipomwona.
Unataka kutumia for a while katika mazungumzo?
Tunga sentensi; tutaonyesha makosa na kupendekeza namna ya kusema inayofaa zaidi.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
for a while (= some time); for quite a while (= a fairly long time); after a while; in a while (= soon)
- After lunch I sat in the park for a while and read my book.
- I haven't seen Mark for a while. Is he still working in Berlin?
- She worked as a waitress for a while before she found a job in marketing.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaI lived in Spain during a while after university.
Baada ya marekebishoI lived in Spain for a while after university.
During linaweza kuonekana sahihi kwa sababu pia huhusu muda. Lakini during huja kabla ya tukio au kipindi kilichotajwa: during the summer, during the meeting. Kusema jambo hudumu kwa muda gani, tumia for: for two years, for a while. During pekee limebadilishwa kuwa for.
For a while si mahususi na kwa kawaida si muda mrefu sana, ilhali for a long time husema kweli muda mrefu: I lived there for a long time, almost twenty years. Usichanganye na in a while, yaani baada ya muda mfupi: I'll call you back in a while.
Zamu yako
We chatted outside the station ___, maybe ten minutes, before she ran to catch her bus.
Onyesha jibu
for a while — Mazungumzo yalidumu kama dakika kumi: muda fulani, lakini si mrefu, hivyo for a while inafaa. For a long time inapingana na maybe ten minutes katika hali hii.
Fikiria mahali ulipoishi, kufanya kazi au kusoma kwa muda fulani. Andika ni wapi na ulifanya nini huko, ukitumia for a while.
I worked at a small hotel in Sochi for a while and helped foreign guests with bookings and excursions.
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.