Veznik “unless” je po svojem pomenu podoben vezniški zvezi “if not” in le-tega lahko nadomešča v določenih tipih pogojnih stavkov. Tako kot vezniku “if”, tudi “unless” lahko sledi Present, Past ali Past Perfect slovnični čas. Še več o njem pa v spodnjem pripevku.
Vrstni red stavkov v povedi, ki vsebuje ta veznik ni pomemben, kar pomeni, da se stavek z “unless” lahko pojavi v prvem delu povedi ali v drugem.
UNLESS + PRESENT TENSE (1. tip pogojnega stavka) |
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Z uporabo veznika IF |
Z uporabo veznika UNLESS |
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You will damage your health if you don’t stop smoking. |
You will damage your health unless you stop smoking. |
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You can’t get good marks if you do not study hard. |
You can’t get good marks unless you study hard. |
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If we don’t hurry, we will miss the train. |
Unless we hurry, we will miss the train. |
UNLESS + PAST TENSE (2. tip pogojnega stavka) |
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Z uporabo veznika IF |
Z uporabo veznika UNLESS |
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If she had permission from her parents, she would travel alone. |
Unless she had permission from her parents, she wouldn’t travel alone. |
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They wouldn’t live in such an expensive flat if they were not rich. |
They wouldn’t live in such an expensive flat unless they were rich. |
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I would not have bought these clothes if they weren’t on sale. |
I wouldn’t have bought these clothes unless they were on sale. |
Kot je razvidno iz vseh primerov, v delu povedi, kjer smo uporabili UNLESS, glagol ne sme biti nikoli zanikan.
POMNI!
V stavku, kjer smo uporabili veznik UNLESS, ne smemo uporabiti glagolov WILL ali WOULD, kot kaže zgled.
Unless we leave now, we may be late. (PRAVILNO)
Unless we will leave now, we may be late. (NEPRAVILNO)
