until
gb/ʌntˈɪl/ us/ʌntˈɪl/
A1
انگریزی
~ 1500
-ig, amíg
A1
1
استعمال کا انداز:
[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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
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.
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'until' with 'by'. 'By' means 'no later than', while 'until' means 'up to that point and not after'.
معنی
Up to a certain time
لفظی تراکیب
wait until
|open until
|valid until
|stay until
|until now
ہم معنی الفاظ
till (Less formal and more common in spoken English.)
متضاد الفاظ
since (Indicates the starting point of an action or state, rather than its ending point.)
موضوعات
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
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
استعمال کا انداز:
[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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
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.
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes use 'for' instead of 'until'. 'For' shows duration, but 'until' shows the end point of that duration.
معنی
Before something happens
لفظی تراکیب
wait until
|stay until
|until he arrives
|until it stops
ہم معنی الفاظ
till (Interchangeable in most informal contexts.)
متضاد الفاظ
once (Indicates the start of an event after a specific moment, not continuation before it.)
موضوعات
daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
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.
گرامر
لغت میں درج شکل
until
IPA
GB/ʌntˈɪl/
US/ʌntˈɪl/
ہجا بندی اور زور
un - til (2 ہجے)
Stress on 2nd syllable (til)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Noun
- Base: until
- Plural: untils
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
untils
noun
Related words
till
preposition A2
عبارات
from now until
1/fɹˈʌm nˈaʊ ʌntˈɪl/
fixed phrase
From now to a future time
From this moment up to a certain future moment.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- Until now, we have had no problems.
- I didn’t know about this until now.