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SYNTAX SEMINÁR                22.4.2008

 

 

 

ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF PLACE

 

 

Introduced by expression of:

 

  1. where, wherever

 

      Where there is a will, there is a way             /    Go where you like, I don’t mind    /    You may go wherever you like

 

 

         adverbial clause         main clause

  of place

 

 

 

ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF REASON

 

 

Vedľajšie vety príčinné, dôvodu - Introduced by the conjunctions:

 

  1. as, because, since (pretože, keďže), now that (we can omit it)

 

 

Now that you mentioned it, I do remember.

 

Now you mentioned it, I do remember.

 

As you are tired, you had better rest there is the reason why it is better to rest

 

Since we have no money, it’s no good thinking about holiday since expresses that the reason is known

 

Some people eat not because they are hungry, but for the pleasure of it

 

this reason puts down some people do it

it is specific, there are some distinctions in the use between there 3 conjunctions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF MANNER

 

 

Introduced by the conjunction:

 

  1. as, as if, as thought potom vždy konjunktív

 

He doesn’t speak as other people do

 

He spoke as if he understood what he was talking about

 

He acts as though he were mad

 

 

Comparative clauses belong to it - introduced by:

 

  1. then, as…as, as so, not as…as, not as so…as, the…the

 

The more he gets, the more he wants.

 

The more he trains, the worse the gets.

 

He plays the worse, the more he practices.

 

It is not as so easy as you think.

 

He speaks quicker than he thinks.

 

As a man lives, so he dies.

 

 

 

Consecutive clauses also belong to it - introduced by:

 

  1. so that, such that, that (here we can omit it)

 

Things are never so bad that they can’t be worse.

 

Things are never so bad they can’t be worse.

 

He spoke so fast that we couldn’t ´t follow him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF PURPOSE

 

 

  1. The question is WHY? / FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

 

  1. There are 3 TYPES:

 

  1. the subject is the same in the main & subordinate clause

 

- we contract if by infinitive particle “to”

 

I came near to see it better

 

  1. the subject is different in the main & subordinate clause

 

I came near so that hi might see me better

 

            - this type is the real adverbial clause of purpose, in English they are considered so

     - klasická účelová veta

     - introduced by the conjunctions:

 

               that, in order that, so that (aby), may, might

               lest + should (aby nie - used in bookish, older style)

 

                Speak louder so that I may her you

 

                I´m telling you so that you may know

 

 

        V MINULOM ČASE:

 

        In order that the dispute might sense

 

        He feared lest he should fall

 

 

        SHOULD         - for the informal style

                - when we want to express possibility

 

        I’ll call him at once that he shouldn’t wait for me

 

        I’ll ring him immediately that he shouldn’t  wait for me