Used to / didn't use to
When talking about things that we did in the past but don't do now we can use the expression used to.
عندما نتحدث عن أشياء فعلناها في الماضي لكننا لا نفعلها الآن نستطيع أن نستخدم المصطلح
used to
The negative form, to talk about things which we didn't do in the past but do now, is didn't use to.
الصيغة المنفية نستخدمها لنتكلم عن أشياء لم نفعلها في الماضي لكننا نفعلها الآن هي
didn't ust to
Positive sentences
جمل مُثبتة
I used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day.
I used to eat loads of junk food.
Negative sentences
جمل منفية
I didn't use to do any exercise.
I didn't use to swim very well.
All pronouns take
used to / didn't use to
جميع الضمائر تأخذ used to & didn't use to
I
You
She
He
It
We
They used to / didn't use to eat a lot of sweets.
eat meat.
live in the city.
have long hair.
Used to and didn't use to are only used to talk about past habits. There is no present form. To talk about present habits we can use the present simple. When using these structures there are often two parts to the sentence, something about the past and something about the present, for example:
نستخدم usedto & didn't use to لنتحدث عن عادات في الماضي و عندما نريد أن نتحدث عن عادات في الزمن المضارع نستخدم الزمن المضارع البسيط أي باستخدام use to & don't -doesn't use to و عندما نستخدم هذه القواعد لابد من وجود جزئين للجملة ، جزء عن الماضي و جزء عن المضارع كما في المثال التالي
I used to drive to work but now I go by car.
I didn't use to like coffee but I love it now
الخميس سبتمبر 15, 2011 6:30 am