There was / There were: ዓረፍተ-ነገሮች፣ ልምምዶች፣ ፈተናዎች እና ምሳሌዎች

There was / There were እንጠቀማለን

There was / There were በቀድሞ ጊዜ አንድ ነገር እንደነበረ፣ እንደተገኘ ወይም አንድ ቦታ ላይ እንደነበረ ለመናገር ይጠቀማል።

There was a book on the table yesterday.
ትናንት በጠረጴዛው ላይ መጽሐፍ ነበረ።
There were two students in the classroom.
በክፍል ውስጥ ሁለት ተማሪዎች ነበሩ።

There was / There were ቅርጽ

ቅጹ በአለፈው ጊዜ ስለ አንድ ነገር / የማይቈጠር ስም ወይም ከአንድ በላይ ነገር እየተናገርን መሆኑ ላይ ይመሰረታል።

There was + singular noun / uncountable noun
There were + plural noun

There was a problem with the printer this morning.
ዛሬ ጠዋት ከፕሪንተሩ ጋር ችግር ነበር።
There was some milk in the fridge.
በፍሪጁ ውስጥ ጥቂት ወተት ነበረ።
There were three chairs in the room.
በክፍሉ ውስጥ ሶስት ወንበሮች ነበሩ።

There was / There were ደንብ

  • There wasነጠላ ስም ጋር ይጠቀማል፣ እና there wereብዙ ስም ጋር ይጠቀማል።
    ✅ There was a lamp near the bed.
    ✅ There were two lamps near the bed.
  • የማይቆጠሩ ስሞች ጋር፣ ብዙውን ጊዜ there was እንጠቀማለን።
    There was enough food for everyone.
    ለሁሉም በቂ ምግብ ነበር።
    There was some information in the report.
    በሪፖርቱ ውስጥ አንዳንድ መረጃ ነበር።
  • ከመዋቅሩ በኋላ፣ ብዙ ጊዜ ቦታ ወይም የጊዜ ዝርዝር እንጨምራለን፦ በክፍሉ ውስጥበጠረጴዛው ላይባለፈው ሌሊት
    There was a cat under the chair.
    ከወንበሩ በታች ድመት ነበረች።
    There were many people at the bus stop yesterday.
    ትናንት በአውቶቡስ ማቆሚያው ብዙ ሰዎች ነበሩ።
  • በአዎንታዊ ዓረፍተ ነገሮች ውስጥ ብዙ ጊዜ some እንጠቀማለን፣ እና በጥያቄዎችና በአሉታዊ ዓረፍተ ነገሮች ውስጥ ደግሞ ብዙ ጊዜ any እንጠቀማለን።
    ✅ There were some cookies in the box.
    ✅ Were there any cookies in the box?
    ✅ There weren’t any cookies in the box.
  • በተነገረ እንግሊዝኛ፣ there was ብዙ ጊዜ በመደበኛ ቅርጹ ይጠቀማል፣ እና አሉታዊ ቅርጹ ብዙውን ጊዜ ወደ there wasn’t ይነጠቃል። ከ there were ጋር፣ ሙሉ ቅርጹ ወይም there weren’t መጠቀም የተለመደ ነው።
    ✅ There wasn’t any message for you.
    ✅ There were several mistakes in the text.
  • ዝርዝር ከአወቃቀሩ በኋላ ከመጣ፣ ግስ ብዙ ጊዜ በዝርዝሩ ውስጥ ካለው የመጀመሪያው ስም ጋር ይስማማል።
    ✅ There was a sofa and two chairs in the living room.
    ✅ There were two chairs and a sofa in the living room.

There was / There were እክል

አሉታዊ አረፍተ ነገር not በመጠቀም ይሠራል፦ there was not / there wasn’t እና there were not / there weren’t

There was not + singular noun / uncountable noun
There were not + plural noun

There wasn’t any sugar in the cupboard.
በኩብድ ውስጥ ምንም ስኳር አልነበረም።
There weren’t any free tables.
ነጻ ጠረጴዛዎች አልነበሩም።
There wasn’t much traffic that morning.
በዚያ ጠዋት ብዙ ትራፊክ አልነበረም።

There was / There were ጥያቄዎች

በጥያቄዎች ውስጥ፣ was ወይም werethere በፊት ይመጣል።

Was there + singular noun / uncountable noun?
Were there + plural noun?
Wh-word + was / were + there ...?

Was there a pharmacy near here before?
ከዚህ አጠገብ ከዚህ በፊት ፋርማሲ ነበረ?
Were there any clean cups?
ንጹህ ኩባያዎች ነበሩ?
Why was there so much noise last night?
ትናንት ማታ ለምን እንደዚያ ብዙ ጩኸት ነበር?
How many students were there in your group?
በቡድንዎ ውስጥ ስንት ተማሪዎች ነበሩ?

There was / There were ተለመዱ ስህተቶች

❌ There was two windows in the room.
✅ There were two windows in the room.
❌ There were some milk in the fridge.
✅ There was some milk in the fridge.
Was there any books on the shelf?
Were there any books on the shelf?
❌ In my bag was a notebook.
✅ There was a notebook in my bag.
❌ There were a lot of water on the floor.
✅ There was a lot of water on the floor.

There was / There were እንደገናዎች

There was a bus stop near my house years ago.
ከብዙ ዓመታት በፊት ከቤቴ አጠገብ የአውቶቡስ ማቆሚያ ነበር።
There were four computers in the office.
በቢሮው ውስጥ አራት ኮምፒውተሮች ነበሩ።
There was some coffee in the kitchen.
በወጥ ቤቱ ውስጥ ትንሽ ቡና ነበር።
There wasn’t enough space in my bag.
በቦርሳዬ ውስጥ በቂ ቦታ አልነበረም።
There weren’t any eggs in the fridge.
በማቀዝቀዣው ውስጥ ምንም እንቁላሎች አልነበሩም።
Was there a bank near the station before?
ከዚህ በፊት ከጣቢያው አጠገብ ባንክ ነበር?
Were there any mistakes in this sentence?
በዚህ አረፍተ ነገር ውስጥ ስህተቶች ነበሩ?
There was a good restaurant on this street.
በዚህ ጎዳና ላይ ጥሩ ምግብ ቤት ነበር።
There were many flowers in the garden last summer.
ባለፈው ክረምት በአትክልቱ ውስጥ ብዙ አበቦች ነበሩ።
There was too much noise in there.
እዚያ ውስጥ ጫጫታ በጣም ብዙ ነበር።

There was / There were ምሳሌዎች

There was a message on your phone.
በስልክዎ ላይ መልእክት ነበር።
There were some children in the park.
በፓርኩ ውስጥ አንዳንድ ልጆች ነበሩ።
There was a meeting at 10 o’clock yesterday.
ትናንት በ10 ሰዓት ስብሰባ ነበር።
There wasn’t any bread left.
እንጀራ ምንም አልቀረም።
There weren’t many shops in this village years ago.
ከዓመታት በፊት በዚህ መንደር ብዙ ሱቆች አልነበሩም።
Was there anything interesting to watch on TV?
በቴሌቪዥን ላይ ለማየት የሚስብ ነገር ነበር?
Were there any messages for me?
ለእኔ ምንም መልዕክቶች ነበሩ?
There was a strange smell in the room.
በክፍሉ ውስጥ እንግዳ ሽታ ነበር።
There were two new students in our class last month.
ባለፈው ወር በክፍላችን ሁለት አዳዲስ ተማሪዎች ነበሩ።
How many pages were there in that book?
በዚያ መጽሐፍ ውስጥ ስንት ገጾች ነበሩ?

በመተግበሪያው ውስጥ የሚገኙ የእንግሊዝኛ ሰዋስው ተግባራት

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