Vypracovala: Mgr. Katarína Matiašková
Rozdiel medzi britskou a americkou angličtinou je prevažne vo výslovnosti, pravopise a slovnej zásobe. Niekoľko rozdielov môžeme nájsť aj v gramatike.
Skratky používané v slovníkoch:
BrE = British English
AmE = American English
Gramatika
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will, shall |
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will /shall sa používa s I/we? I will/shall be late this evening. Shall I ... ? or Shall we .... ? – používame, keď žiadame radu Which way shall we go? |
shall sa zvyčajne nepoužíva: I will be late this evening. Should I ... ? or Should we ... ? – používame, keď žiadame radu Which way should we go? |
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have/take - aktivita |
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have a bath have a break have a shower |
take a bath take a break take a shower |
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accommodation - ubytovanie |
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Accommodation je zvyčajne nepočitateľné podstatné meno: There isn´t enough accommodation. |
Accomodation môže byť počitateľné podstatné meno: There aren´t enough accommodations. |
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počitateľnosť podstatných mien |
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Podstatné mená ako government/team/family etc. môžu mať jednotné alebo množné sloveso: The team is/are playing well. |
Tieto podstatné mená sú počitateľné: The team is playing well. |
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round, around |
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Používajú sa oboje round aj around: He turned round. alebo He turned around. |
Používa sa len around: He turned around. |
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get on, get along (vychádzať s niekým) |
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používajú use get on (with somebody) Richard gets on well with his new neighbours. |
používajú get along (with somebody) Richard gets along well with his new neighbours. |
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dates - dátumy |
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23 June the twenty-third of June June the twenty-third |
June 23 June twenty-third |
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prepositions - predložky |
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in Bond street at the weekend/at weekends stay at home a player in the team meet someone |
on Fifth Avenue on the weekend/on weekends stay home a player on the team meet with someone |
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Spelling – hláskovanie
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travel – travelling – travelled cancel – cancelling - cancelled |
travel – traveling – traveled cancel – canceling - canceled |
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get – got - got |
get – got - gotten |
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burn – burnt/ burned learn – learnt/ learned dream – dreamt/ dreamed dive - dived |
burn – burned learn – learned dream – dreamed dive – dived/dove |
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Slovná zásoba
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flat tube trousers football biscuit car park chemist´s chips crisps film holiday lorry nappy (plienka) pavement (chodník) sweets tin (plechovica) |
apartment subway pants soccer cookie parking lot drugstore, pharmacy french fries chips film/movie vacation truck diaper sidewalk candy can |
Zopakujte si:
Vymenujte niektoré rozdiely medzi britskou a americkou angličtinou.
Použitá literatúra:
Carter, R., McCarthy, M.: Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge University Press, 2006
Murphy, R.: English Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2004
Eastwood, J.: Oxford Practice Grammar, Intermediate. Oxford University Press, 2006