59
E.g.
1.
Jane was seen
crossing
the street (Видели, как Джейн пересекала
улицу).
2.
The children were heard going
up the staircase (Слышали, как
дети поднимались вверх по ступенькам).
3.
She was kept
waiting
for a long time (Ее заставили долго
прождать).
III.
The Nominative Absolute Construction
It consists of a noun in the common case or a pronoun in the
nominative case and any of the four forms of the participle:
a)
smb/ smth doing (being done, having done, having been done) smth
smb did (could do) smth.
b) smb
does smth (with) smb/ smth doing (being done, adjective, noun,
adverb, prep. phrase).
It’s function is to describe appearance, behavior or inner state of a
person. This construction is generally rendered in Russian by means of an
adverbial clause. It is used in the function of an adverbial modifier of time,
cause, attendant
circumstances, condition.
E.g.
1.
The room being practically dark I could not at first see where the
speaker was (Так как в комнате было совсем темно...)
2.
The children having gone to school the house was unusually
peacefu
l (Так как дети ушли в школу, в доме было непривычно тихо).
3. How can you expect me to do any work
(with) the children
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: