WOULD

Traducere în limba română

would past de la w i l l (I). verb A. aux. pers. 2-a şi 3-a serveşte pentru formarea: a) viitorului în trecut;

he told us he would come at two ne-a spus că va veni la (ora) două; b) modului condiţional;

it would be better ar fi mai bine.

would past de la w i l l (I). verb B. frecventativ exprimă o acţiune obişnuită petrecută în trecut;

he would stand for hours watching the machine work supraveghea ceasuri întregi mersul maşinii.

would past de la w i l l (I). verb C. modal

a) exprimă perseverenţa, tenacitatea, încăpăţânarea;

I warned you, but you would do it eu te-am avertizat, însă dumneata ai ţinut neapărat să faci astfel; b) exprimă dorinţa;

would I were a child! de aş fi copil!;

come when you would veniţi când doriţi / când vă face plăcere;

would to Heaven! de-ar da Dumnezeu!

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Swinburne! he would remember that name.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

So spirited a creature would have certainly roused the soundest of sleepers when it felt the prick of the knife.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After the crows had gone I thought this over, and decided I would try hard to get some brains.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

However, at last it was agreed he should go, for he would not rest at home; and as he came to the wood, he met the fox, and heard the same good counsel.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

If that were to come up, you would know by the new moon of April 22, plus ten days.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

This resolution perhaps may appear very bold and dangerous, and I am confident would not be imitated by any prince in Europe on the like occasion.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

I am sure that, with your symptoms, my friend Dr. Watson here would prescribe a sedative.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I might have guessed an Englishman would know. I learned it myself in English ships.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

There was rush-grass on that stream—this he remembered well—but no timber, and he would follow it till its first trickle ceased at a divide.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

I have been so long master that I would be master still—or at least that none other should be master of me.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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