The adverbs ever and never express the idea of an unidentified
time before now
(Ever ve Never Şu andan itibaren daha
önce belirsiz bir zamanda olan işleri ifade eder.) |
Example:
Have you ever visited Berlin? Yes, I have.
Have you ever visited Paris? No, never.
'Ever' is used
('Ever' aşağıdaki gibi kullanılır.) |
a. in questions. (Soru cümlelerinde kullanılır.)
Example :
Have you ever been to
England?
Has she ever met the Prime
Minister?
b.in negative questions (Olumsuz
soru cümlelerinde kullanılır.)
Example:
Haven't they ever been to Europe?
Haven't you ever
eaten Chinese food?
c. and in negative statements using the pattern nothing.......ever
, nobody.......ever
(ve 'Nothing .... ever' ile 'Nobody....ever' kalıplarıyla olumsuz ifadelerde
kullanılır.)
Example:
Nobody has
ever said that to me before.
Nothing like this has
ever happened to us.
d.'Ever' is also used with 'The first time....
(Ever İlk kez yaptığımız işler için de kullanılır.)
Example:
It's the first time (that) I've ever
eaten snails.
This is the first time I've ever been to England.
'Never' means at no time before now, and is the same as
not ..... ever:
(Never daha önce hiç bir zaman anlamına gelir.
Not ....ever ile aynıdır.) |
I have never visited Berlin
BE CAREFUL!
You must not use never and not together:
(Dikkat edin. Never ile Not birlikte kullanılamaz.)
I haven't never been to Italy.
I have never been to Italy.
Position: 'Ever' and 'never' are always
placed before the main verb (past participle).
(Ever ve Never daima esas fiilden önce kullanılır.)
Already refers to an action that has happened at an unspecified time before
now. It suggests that there is no need for repetition,
(Already daha önce belirsiz bir zamanda olmuş bir eylemi bildirir
ve onun tekrar edilmesinin gereksiz olduğunu ifade eder.)
Örnek
a. I've already drunk three coffees
this morning . (and you're offering me another one!)
b. Don't write to John, I've already
done it.
It is also used in questions:
a. Have you already written to
John?
b. Has she finished her homework already?
Position: already can be placed before the main verb (past
participle) or at the end of the sentence:
(Already esas fiilden önce ya da cümlenin sonunda kullanılır.)
a. I have already been to Tokyo.
b . I have been to Tokyo
already.
yet is used in negative statements and questions,
to mean (not) in the period of time between before now and now, (not) up to and
including the present.
(Yet soru ve olumsuz cümlelerde kullanılır. Biraz önce
olmasını beklediğimiz olayların gerçekleşmediğini ifade eder ya da sorarız.)
a. Have you met Judy yet?
b. I haven't visited the Tate Gallery
yet.
c. Has he arrived yet?
d. They haven't eaten yet.
Position: Yet is usually placed at the end of the sentence.
(Yet daima cümlenin sonunda kullanılır.) |