until
gb/ʌntˈɪl/ us/ʌntˈɪl/
A1
Engelska
~ 1500
-ig, amíg
A1
1
Användningsmönster:
[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.
Exempel för inlärare
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.
Vanligt misstag:
Learners sometimes confuse 'until' with 'by'. 'By' means 'no later than', while 'until' means 'up to that point and not after'.
Betydelse
Up to a certain time
Ordkombinationer
wait until
|open until
|valid until
|stay until
|until now
Synonymer
till (Less formal and more common in spoken English.)
Antonymer
since (Indicates the starting point of an action or state, rather than its ending point.)
Teman
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
Definition
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
Användningsmönster:
[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.
Exempel för inlärare
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.
Vanligt misstag:
Learners sometimes use 'for' instead of 'until'. 'For' shows duration, but 'until' shows the end point of that duration.
Betydelse
Before something happens
Ordkombinationer
wait until
|stay until
|until he arrives
|until it stops
Synonymer
till (Interchangeable in most informal contexts.)
Antonymer
once (Indicates the start of an event after a specific moment, not continuation before it.)
Teman
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
Definition
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.
Grammatik
Grundform
until
IPA
GB/ʌntˈɪl/
US/ʌntˈɪl/
Stavelser och betoning
un - til (2 stavelser)
Stress on 2nd syllable (til)
Ordformer
Noun
- Base: until
- Plural: untils
Ordfamilj
Forms
untils
noun
Related words
till
preposition A2
Uttryck
from now until
1/fɹˈʌm nˈaʊ ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
From now to a future time
From this moment up to a certain future moment.
Exempel
- 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.
Exempel
- 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.
Exempel
- Until now, we have had no problems.
- I didn’t know about this until now.