Çeşitli İngilizce öğretmenleri arasından arama yapın...
Follow your HEART
I'm single after breaking up with Tom last year.
I have been single after breaking up with Tom last year.
Which is more natural?
Do you use both?
Thanks in advance!
27 Kas 2024 07:52
Yanıtlar · 4
Hi!
The first is more natural because you're focussing on your current state. You might add the word still if you wanted to emphasise that it's been a long time. For example, "I'm still single after breaking up with Tom last year."
For the present perfect, we'd usually add a time duration. For example, "I've been single for a year now after I broke up with Tom."
Hope this helps!
27 Kasım 2024
Both are fine. It depends what you want to emphasize:
"I am single" reveals your state right now.
"I have been single" describes your current *experience* of being single. "Since" would be better than "after".
28 Kasım 2024
“I’m single, having broken up with Tom last year” would sound more natural, and how a native speaker would say it.
27 Kasım 2024
Hâlâ cevap bulamadın mı?
Sorularını yaz ve ana dil konuşanlar sana yardım etsin!
Follow your HEART
Dil Becerileri
Arapça, Çince (Mandarin), İngilizce, Almanca, Korece, İspanyolca
Öğrenim Dili
İngilizce
Beğenebileceğin Makaleler

Same Word, Different Meaning: American, British, and South African English
22 beğeni · 17 Yorumlar

How to Sound Confident in English (Even When You’re Nervous)
17 beğeni · 12 Yorumlar

Marketing Vocabulary and Phrases for Business English Learners
14 beğeni · 6 Yorumlar
Daha fazla makale
