until
gb/ʌntˈɪl/ us/ʌntˈɪl/
A1
Английски
~ 1500
-ig, amíg
A1
1
Модел на употреба:
[action/event] until [time/event]
The store is open until 9 p.m.
Az üzlet este 9-ig van nyitva.
You should wait until the light turns green.
Meg kellene várnod, amíg zöldre vált a lámpa.
We talked until midnight.
I’ll stay here until you get back.
The offer is valid until the end of the month.
Примери за учащи
I will work until 5 p.m.
Délután 5-ig fogok dolgozni.
Wait until I call you.
Várj, amíg fel nem hívlak.
She stayed until it was dark.
The shop is open until 6 o’clock.
Don’t eat until dinner.
Честа грешка:
Learners sometimes confuse 'until' with 'by'. 'By' means 'no later than', while 'until' means 'up to that point and not after'.
Значение
Up to a certain time
Колокации
wait until
|open until
|valid until
|stay until
|until now
Синоними
till (Less formal and more common in spoken English.)
Антоними
since (Indicates the starting point of an action or state, rather than its ending point.)
Теми
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
Определение
Shows the time when something stops or changes.
Indicating the point in time before which something does not happen or is not the case, and at which it changes or ends.
A1
2
amíg
A2
Модел на употреба:
[do something] until [something happens]
Stay here until I return.
Maradj itt, amíg vissza nem jövök.
We can’t leave until the rain stops.
Nem indulhatunk el, amíg el nem áll az eső.
He slept until the alarm rang.
Don’t open the box until your birthday.
They played outside until it got dark.
Примери за учащи
Wait here until I come back.
Várj itt, amíg vissza nem jövök.
We can’t eat until Dad is home.
Nem ehetünk, amíg apa haza nem ér.
She worked until she was tired.
He stayed in bed until noon.
I will wait until you are ready.
Честа грешка:
Learners sometimes use 'for' instead of 'until'. 'For' shows duration, but 'until' shows the end point of that duration.
Значение
Before something happens
Колокации
wait until
|stay until
|until he arrives
|until it stops
Синоними
till (Interchangeable in most informal contexts.)
Антоними
once (Indicates the start of an event after a specific moment, not continuation before it.)
Теми
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
Определение
Shows that something happens for all the time before another thing happens.
Used to show that something continues to happen during the time before another event occurs.
Граматика
Речникова форма
until
IPA
GB/ʌntˈɪl/
US/ʌntˈɪl/
Срички и ударение
un - til (2 срички)
Stress on 2nd syllable (til)
Форми на думата
Noun
- Base: until
- Plural: untils
Семейство думи
Forms
untils
noun
Related words
till
preposition A2
Изрази
from now until
1/fɹˈʌm nˈaʊ ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
From now to a future time
From this moment up to a certain future moment.
Примери
- From now until Friday, we will be very busy.
- You can contact me anytime from now until next week.
not until
1/nˈɑt ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
Only after a certain time/event
Shows that something happens only after a certain time or event, not before.
Примери
- It’s not safe to swim not until the lifeguard arrives.
- She didn’t leave the party not until midnight.
until now
1/ʌntˈɪl nˈaʊ/
fixed phrase
Up to this moment
Until the present time.
Примери
- Until now, we have had no problems.
- I didn’t know about this until now.