Prepositions of time: in / on / at

Qachon ishlatiladi

• Telefonda uchrashuvni kelishganda

  Let's meet at six o'clock on Friday.

  Juma kuni soat oltida uchrashaylik.

• Anketa to'ldirib tug'ilgan sanani aytganda

  I was born on 12 March, in 1999.

  Men 1999-yilning 12-martida tug'ilganman.

• Ish jadvalini yangi hamkasbga tushuntirganda

  I work from nine to five, and I am free at the weekend.

  Men to'qqizdan beshgacha ishlayman, dam olish kunlari esa bo'shman.

• Sayohat rejasini do'stlarga aytganda

  We are travelling to Samarkand in July.

  Biz iyulda Samarqandga sayohat qilamiz.

Uch daraja: at, on, in

at eng kichik vaqt birligi - aniq soat bilan ishlatiladi: at 7 o'clock, at midnight. on o'rta daraja - kun va sana bilan: on Monday, on 5 May, on my birthday. in eng katta daraja - oy, yil, fasl va asr bilan: in July, in 2024, in summer. Kunning qismlari ham in bilan keladi: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening.

• The lesson starts at 9 o'clock. — Dars soat 9 da boshlanadi.
• I was born on 12 March. — Men 12-martda tug'ilganman.
• It often rains in spring. — Bahorda ko'pincha yomg'ir yog'adi.
• We have a meeting on Friday. — Bizda juma kuni yig'ilish bor.

Muhim istisnolar

Bir nechta ibora umumiy qoidaga bo'ysunmaydi va ularni yod olish kerak. Eng muhimi: at night deyiladi, lekin in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening. Shuningdek at the weekend (britancha), at Christmas, at the moment iboralari ham at bilan keladi. Agar kun aytilsa, kun qismi bilan ham on ishlatiladi: on Monday morning.

• I don't work at night. — Men tunda ishlamayman.
• She studies in the evening. — U kechqurun o'qiydi.
• We meet on Monday morning. — Biz dushanba kuni ertalab uchrashamiz.

Predlogsiz ishlatiladigan so'zlar

next, last, this, every, tomorrow, yesterday so'zlari oldidan predlog qo'yilmaydi. Shuning uchun See you next week deymiz, "in next week" emas. Bu qoida juda ko'p xatoning oldini oladi, chunki o'zbek tilidagi "keyingi haftada" shakli chalg'itadi.

• See you next week. — Keyingi hafta ko'rishamiz.
• I go there every day. — Men u yerga har kuni boraman.
• She came yesterday. — U kecha keldi.

Boshqa payt predloglari

Vaqt oralig'ini ko'rsatish uchun from ... to ishlatiladi: from Monday to Friday. before - oldin, after - keyin, during - davomida, until yoki till - gacha. in predlogi kelajakdagi muddatni ham bildiradi: in two hours - ikki soatdan keyin.

• I work from nine to five. — Men to'qqizdan beshgacha ishlayman.
• Come after lunch. — Tushlikdan keyin keling.
• The film starts in ten minutes. — Film o'n daqiqadan keyin boshlanadi.

Savol berishda

Vaqt haqida savol berganda predlog ko'pincha kerak bo'lmaydi: What time does it start? Lekin When bilan javobda predlog saqlanadi: When is your birthday? - In May. Suhbatda ham javob predlog bilan beriladi, chunki u ma'noni aniqlashtiradi.

• What time do you get up? — Soat nechada turasiz?
• When is your birthday? - In May. — Tug'ilgan kuningiz qachon? - Mayda.
• When do you have English? - On Tuesday. — Ingliz tili qachon bo'ladi? - Seshanba kuni.

Ko'p uchraydigan xatolar

• I will call you in next week.

  I will call you next week.

  next, last, this, every so'zlari oldidan predlog qo'yilmaydi.

• The lesson starts in 9 o'clock.

  The lesson starts at 9 o'clock.

  Aniq soat bilan doim at ishlatiladi.

• I was born in 5 May.

  I was born on 5 May.

  Aniq sana bilan on ishlatiladi, in emas.

• I study in night.

  I study at night.

  at night - istisno ibora, in the morning bilan adashtirmang.

Maslahatlar

• Istisno: at night, lekin in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening.
• on Monday morning - kun aytilganda on ishlatiladi.
• Vaqt birligi kattalashgani sari at → on → in tartibida harakat qiling.
• Tomorrow va yesterday bilan hech qanday predlog kerak emas.

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