until
gb/ʌntˈɪl/ us/ʌntˈɪl/
A1
Αγγλικά
~ 1500
-ig, amíg
A1
1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
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.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'until' with 'by'. 'By' means 'no later than', while 'until' means 'up to that point and not after'.
Σημασία
Up to a certain time
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
wait until
|open until
|valid until
|stay until
|until now
Συνώνυμα
till (Less formal and more common in spoken English.)
Αντώνυμα
since (Indicates the starting point of an action or state, rather than its ending point.)
Θέματα
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
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
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
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.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes use 'for' instead of 'until'. 'For' shows duration, but 'until' shows the end point of that duration.
Σημασία
Before something happens
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
wait until
|stay until
|until he arrives
|until it stops
Συνώνυμα
till (Interchangeable in most informal contexts.)
Αντώνυμα
once (Indicates the start of an event after a specific moment, not continuation before it.)
Θέματα
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
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.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
until
IPA
GB/ʌntˈɪl/
US/ʌntˈɪl/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
un - til (2 συλλαβές)
Stress on 2nd syllable (til)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: until
- Plural: untils
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
untils
noun
Related words
till
preposition A2
Εκφράσεις
from now until
1/fɹˈʌm nˈaʊ ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
From now to a future time
From this moment up to a certain future moment.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- Until now, we have had no problems.
- I didn’t know about this until now.