Indefinite Pronouns – Nedoločni zaimki in prislovi | ||||||
I. OBLIKA IN TVORBA. | ||||||
PERSONS | THINGS | PLACE | Vsi nedoločni zaimki se pišejo kot ena beseda, razen zaimka
no one, ki se lahko piše tudi z vezajem (no-one).
Zaimki z -one in -body imajo enak pomen, samo da so zveze z -one pogostejše od tistih z -body. |
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-one | -body | -thing | -where | |||
every | (1) | (5) | (9) | (13) | ||
some | (2) | (6) | (10) | (14) | ||
any | (3) | (7) | (11) | (15) | ||
no | (4) | (8) | (12) | (16) |
1. | Z nedoločnimi zaimki vedno uporabljamo glagol v ednini. |
| Is anyone here? |
| Everybody recognizes the importance of education. |
2. | Nedoločne zaimke, ki se končujejo na -thing, uporabljamo v povezavi s stvarmi, predmeti, situacijami in z dejavnostmi. |
| Can I do anything? |
| Jane said nothing for a moment. |
3. | Nedoločne zaimke, ki se končujejo na -one in -body, uporabljamo v povezavi z ljudmi. |
| Ask anyone. |
| It was someone like Dan. |
4. | Nedoločne zaimke, ki se začnejo z some- in every- uporabljamo predvsem v trdilnih povedih. |
| Now you’ll see something. |
| Everything went according to plan. |
| Have you seen Frank? Is everything all right? |
5. | Nedoločne zaimke z any- uporabljamo predvsem v nikalnih in vprašalnih povedih. |
I didn’t buy anything. = I bought nothing. | |
I didn’t see anybody / anyone. = I saw nobody / no one. | |
I didn’t go anywhere. = I went nowhere. | |
6. | Zaimke z any- lahko včasih uporabimo tudi v trdilnih povedih, kadar pomenijo izbiro: kdorkoli (anybody, anyone), karkoli (anything) in kamorkoli (anywhere). |
| Anyone can make a mistake like that. (=kdorkoli) |
| Do anything you want. (=karkoli) |