«Джон был уверен, что я уехал из города.» / Lingvo Live

Марина Лавскаяsolicitou a tradução 4 years ago

Como traduzir? (ru-en)

Джон был уверен, что я уехал из города.

1.
John was sure I was out of town
Tradução adicionada por Russ S
Prata ru-en
4
2.
John was positive I had left town/the city
Tradução adicionada por Russ S
Prata ru-en
2

Lyudmila Yakovlevaadicionou o comentário 4 years ago

John was sure/certain/convinced/confident I left the city/town.

Андриолли 1adicionou o comentário 4 years ago

John was sure of that I left the city.

Андриолли 1adicionou o comentário 4 years ago

Russ, you have missed the article. Хихи

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadicionou o comentário 4 years ago

Out of town - устойчивое выражение.)

Андриолли 1adicionou o comentário 4 years ago

а I left town/ city - тоже устойчивое?

⁌ ULY ⁍adicionou o comentário 4 years ago

Russ, this scenario is in the past, so they were sure that he HAD left town/THE city.

⁌ ULY ⁍adicionou o comentário 4 years ago

“sure I was out of town” is good 👍🏼

Russ Sadicionou o comentário 4 years ago

why do we use THE article for ''the city'' but saying left town is ok without THE?

⁌ ULY ⁍adicionou o comentário 4 years ago

I don’t know, that’s just how it is

Russ Sadicionou o comentário 4 years ago

there should be some rules, no?

⁌ ULY ⁍adicionou o comentário 4 years ago

nope, we say IN TOWN but IN THE CITY