THE GRAMMAR CORNER -STILL, YET, ALREADY

Good morning everybody, first of all I'd like to send  my best wishes to Lorca's people because of the yesterday earthquake. 

Buenos días a todo el mundo, lo primero me gustaría enviar mis mejores deseos para la gente de Lorca por el terremoto de ayer.

As you can see and as we have read on the pages of this blog  about natural disasters, we never know when it's going to happen a thing like that.

Como podeis ver y   hemos leído en las páginas de este blog sobre desastres naturals, nunca sabemos cuándo va a suceder algo así.



Today our Grammar Corner is dedicated to the words STILL, YET AND ALREADY.

Hoy nuestra Esquina de la Gramática está dedicada a las palabas STILL, YET y ALREADY.



The most  important thing about this is to know the translation and the way of using these words.

Lo más importante sobre esto es saber la traducción y la forma de utilizar estas palabras.



**STILL: todavía (se usa en frases afirmativas).

**YET : todavía  (se usa en frases negativas e interrogativas) Va siempre el último.

**ALREADY:  ya (se usa indistintamente en afirmativas e interrogativas).



SIEMPRE DEBEMOS UTILIZAR ESTAS PALABRAS CON ESTOS SIGNIFICADOS Y "NO" CON OTROS.



Examples:

- John is still in bed:  John está todavía en la cama.

- The baby hasn't woken up yet:  el bebé no se ha despertado todavía.

- The train has already arrived:  el tren ha llegado ya.

- Is Susan already dressed?:  ¿Está Susan vestida ya?



WRITE IN ENGLISH / PHRASES.

- Lucas está todavía estudiando.

- ¿Has fregado ya los platos?.

- No he terminado todavía los deberes.

- Mis amigos todavía no han comido.

- ¿Ha venido ya Esther?.

- Mi hija todavía no se ha levantado.

- Mi perro está todavía enfermo.



AND NOW, A FUNNY LITTLE STORY

Y AHORA UNA PEQUEÑA Y DIVERTIDA HISTORIA.



A FORTUNE TELLER  (una adivina)

Hundreds of years ago a king went to see a fortune teller to know what she could predict about his future.

The fortune teller told the king that one of his wives would die (moriría)  that year but the king didn't believe (creer)  her and left laughing ( riéndose).

Unfortunately, that year one of his wives died and he remembered the fortune teller's words and at that very moment, he thought that she had caused the death of his wife. So, he decided that the woman had to die too.



He ordered to call the woman and when she was before him he asked:  "Some months ago you told me that one of my wives would die this year and that has happened so you are a fortune teller, tell me right now : when will you die? 

At once ( en seguida) , the fortune teller realised (se dio cuenta)  that the king was planning to kill (matar)  her and answer him:  "I will die three days before you do, your majesty".


SOLUTIONS  /WRITE IN ENGLISH

-Lucas is still studying.
-Have you already done the washing up?
-I haven't finished my homework yet.
-My friends haven't had lunch yet.
-Has Esther already come?
-My daughter hasn't got up yet.
-My dog is still ill.




HAVE A NICE DAY!