CELEBRATIONS

Karşımızdaki kişiye teklifte bulunurken veya öneride bulunurken kullanabileceğimiz birçok yapı vardır. İşte bunlardan bazıları:

1. Would you like…?
   • Would you like tea? (Çay ister misin?)
   • Would you like to drink tea? (Çay içmek ister misin?)
2. Do you want…?
   • Do you want tea? (Çay ister misin?)
   • Do you want to drink tea? (Çay içmek ister misin?)
3. How about…?
   • How about coffee? (Kahveye ne dersin?)
   • How about drinking coffee? (Kahve içmeye ne dersin?)
4. What about…?
   • What about coffee? (Kahveye ne dersin?)
   • What about drinking coffee? (Kahve içmeye ne dersin?)
5. Let’s…
   • Let’s drink orange juice. (Haydi portakal suyu içelim.)
6. Shall we…?
   • Shall we drink orange juice? (Portakal suyu içelim mi?)
7. Why don’t you/we…?
   • Why don’t you drink orange juice? (Neden portakal suyu içmiyorsun?)
   • Why don’t we drink orange juice? (Neden portakal suyu içmiyoruz?)

(Bir öneriyi kabul etme)

1. Yes, please.
2. OK / Okay.
3. Sure.
4. Sure, why not?
5. Of course.
6. Absolutely.
7. I’d like to.
8. Sounds good. / That sounds good.
9. Great idea.
10. That would be great.
11. That would be fine.
12. It’s a good idea.
13. I have nothing to do better.
14. How nice!

(Bir öneriyi reddetme)

1. No, thanks.
2. Not really, thanks.
3. I don’t like…
4. I’d rather not.
5. Sorry.
6. I’m sorry, but…
7. I would like to, but…
8. It’s not a great idea.
9. It’s a bad idea.
10. I don’t think so.
11. I don’t think it’s a good idea.

Examples:

I possess numerous candles.

Is the number of students in the classroom large?

Do you possess a substantial amount of money?

There exists a quantity of water in the bottle.

There exist a small number of cookies in the kitchen.

There exists a small amount of orange juice in the glass.