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Will

• Exprima vointa, hotarare  I will pay you as much as you ask for.• Promisiune I will not make such a mistake again.

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Posibilitate, presupunere That girl will be his sister? (Fata ceea o fi sora lui?)

• Ceva inevitabil (expresii fixe) Children will be children.Accidents will happen(accidentele sunt inevitabile)

• Inlocuieste prezentul simplu pentru actiune obisnuita, repetata I 

always drink milk in the morning=I will drink milk in the morning 

Invitatie, cerere politicoasa Will you come and...?( Vrei sa...?) 

Would

• Exprima o cerere politicoasa

Would you pass...

Would you please...

Would you be so kind...

Would you mind+ V (-ing)

# Would like/care=want 

# Would care nu se foloseste in afirmativ

Would rather  (arata preferinta) +infinitiv scurt (pentru acelasi subiect)

 

+past tense (pentru subiecte diferite)

Would better/had better  (mai bine)

Would sooner  (mai degraba)

• Exprima o actiune repetata in trecut si incetata prezent (obisnuiam sa...)

• Diferenta dintre used to si would+infinitiv este ca al doilea se foloseste

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• Apare dupa wish si if only pentru o dorinta in viitor 

• Exprima o probabilitate Ex: That girl would be his sister!

• Exprima o vointa la trecut iar la negativ refuz Ex:She had to go there

whether she would or wouldn’t.

Shall

• Hotarare The enemy shall not pass.

• Promisiune If you get a good mark you shall have a present.

• Refuz, insistenta, amenintare He shall pay for insulting my daughter.

• Exprima o interdictie in acte oficiale All the candidats shall not 

bring(may not) the dictionaries into the examination room.

• Oferta, sugestie Shall I help you?

NOTA: What about going to the cinema? ⇔Let’s go to the cinema, shall we? 

Should

• Exprima obligatie, sfat, recomandare(obligatia este mai slaba decat cea

cu must)

• Exprima surpriza in intrebare retorica Ex:Why should I go there?• Exprima presupunere, deductie logica

• In completiva directa dupa: to suggest, to propose, to insist, torecommend, to advise, to urge...that 

• In propozitia subiectiva dupa constructii impersonale: it is/wasadvisable/essential/better/fair/important/natural/necessary/right..that 

• In propozitia de scop dupa: so that, in order that, lest (ca sa nu..., ca sanu cumva...) , for fear that 

• In propozitia conditionala tip I si II (intamplare)

• Dupa verbe de emotie: to feel sory, to be delighted, to be annoyed, to be

 shocked • Dupa: don’t think why, see no reason why, can’t think why

Can

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• Abilitate fizica si intelectuala la prezent si viitor

• Exprima o continuitate alaturi de verbele de perceptie

• Exprima o permisiune (informal English)

• Exprima o posibilitate atunci cand imprejurarile o permit If youcome in my town we can swim (I have a swimming pool)

• Exprima o imposibilitate, neincredere: cu acest inteles can poate fi

urmat de un infinitiv prezent(pentru actiune simultana) sau infinitiv

perfect (pentru actiune anterioara )

Nu se poate/este imposibil sa faca o

asemenea greseala

He can’t make such a mistake

Nu se poate sa fi facut o asemenea

greseala

He can’t have made such a mistake

• Exprima o cerere politicoasa Can I help you?

Could

• Abilitate fizica si intelectuala la trecut.Cu acest inteles can/could

poate fi inlocuit cu echivalentul.Dar cand intelesul este de to succid

in, to manage, to achieve-se foloseste numai echivalentul, dar nu si la

negativ

• Cerere politicoasa, mai politicoasa deca can Could I help you? 

May

• Exprima o permisiune(formal english).Cu acest inteles el poate fi

inlocuit cu echivalentul→ to be allowed to; to be permited to

• Exprima o posibilitate.Cu acest inteles el poate fi inlocuit cu it is

possible/maybe/perhaps

 

Poate ca o cunosti

It is possible for you to know her 

Maybe/perhaps you know her 

You may hnow her 

 

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May+ infinitiv continuu = posibilitatea unei actiuni in momentul vorbirii→

 Ex: She may be sleeping now.

May+infinitiv perfect=posibilitatea unei actiuni in trecut→  Ex: She may havelost the key.

• Exprima o urare, speranta May all your dreams come true! sau May good luck attend you!

• In propozitia concesiva dupa: whatever, whenever, whereever, 

whoever, thought, althought, no matter how No matter how much money

 you have don’t spend it in one day1• In completiva directa dupa to hope, to trust:  I hope that you may find 

tickets.• In propozitia de scop dupa  so that :  I sit on the first row so that I may

 see and hear well.

Might

• Exprima o permisiune la trecut

• Exprima o posibilitate in prezent, viitor si trecut (o posibilitate mai

indepartata)

Might+infinitiv continuu=posibilitatea indepartata a unei actiuni in momentulvorbirii

Might+infinitiv perfect=posibilitatea indeparata a unei actiuni in trecut

• Exprima indignare, iritare, repros You might look in to my eyes when

 I’m talking to you.• In propozitia concesiva dupa: whatever, whenever, whereever, 

whoever, thought, althought, no matter how

• In completiva directa dupa to hope, to trust 

• In propozitia de scop dupa  so that 

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Must

• Exprima obligatie, comanda, necesitate.Cu acest inteles el poate fiinlocuit cu echivalentul to have to

Must=obligatie impusa de vorbitor(regula)

Have to=obligatie externa impusa de autoritati sau imprejurari externe pe care

vorbitorul nu le poate controla

Don’t have to

Lipsa de obligatieHaven’t got to

 Needn’t

Must not Interdictie, prohibitie (regula)

• Eprima deductie, concluzie logica, probabilitate

NOTA: cand must exprima probabilitate el poate fi inlocuit cu:

I’m sure/certain/positive

Certain/obviously

It’s likely/probable

Is likely

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