Turn it off oswa turn off it ? Lòd mo nan vèb ak patikil

Depi ou konnen kèk douzèn vèb ak patikil, menm kesyon an toujou tounen : ki kote konplemen an ale ?

• Turn off the light.
• Turn the light off.
• Turn it off.
• ❌ Turn off it.

Twa nan kat opsyon yo kòrèk, youn enposib, e mo yo menm pa bay okenn endis. Se erè vèb ak patikil ki pèsiste pi lontan : moun ki etidye angle depi plizyè ane kontinye di « turn off it ». Kreyòl la pa ede ou : li pa gen vèb ak patikil, epi pwonon konplemen li yo vini touswit apre vèb la (Etenn li, Ranmase yo).

Gen twa kalite, pa yon sèl

Vèb ak patikil yo konpòte yo diferan selon sa yo fè ak konplemen an.

1. Separab — konplemen an ka ale de bò

Se konsa pifò vèb ak patikil komen ki gen konplemen fonksyone.

• She turned down the offer.
• She turned the offer down.

De opsyon yo kòrèk. Si konplemen an long, pi bon pou pa separe vèb la — She turned down the offer they made last Tuesday —, sinon patikil la jwenn li lwen vèb li.

2. Inseparab — konplemen an toujou ale apre vèb la antye

• ✅ I ran into an old friend.
• ❌ I ran an old friend into.

Look after, get on with, run into, look for, deal with, care for — sa yo pa janm separe, menm ak yon pwonon : I ran into him, men pa « I ran him into ».

3. San okenn konplemen

• The car broke down. · She grew up in Rome. · Please sit down.

Pa gen anyen pou plase, kidonk kesyon an pa poze. Break down ak grow up senpleman pa admèt konplemen.

Règ pwonon an

Se pati pou memorize, paske li anile tout sa nou di jouk koulye a :

Si konplemen an se yon pwonon (it, him, her, them, us) e vèb la separab, pwonon an ale nan mitan. Toujou.

• ✅ Turn it off. ❌ Turn off it.
• ✅ Pick them up. ❌ Pick up them.
• ✅ Throw it away. ❌ Throw away it.

Pwonon an pa pote okenn enfòmasyon nouvo — ou deja konnen de kisa nap pale —, e angle pa renmen mete sa ki deja konnen nan fen fraz la, kote aksan an tonbe. Se poutèt sa pwonon an pase devan, e pozisyon final la okipe pa patikil la.

Nou konprann tou poukisa non konplè yo konpòte yo lib : the light se yon enfòmasyon nouvo, e fen fraz la konvni li pafètman.

Konplemen	Separe	Ansanm
non (the light)	✅ turn the light off	✅ turn off the light
pwonon (it)	✅ turn it off	❌ turn off it

Ki jan pou konnen nan ki kalite yon vèb fè pati

Pa gen okenn règ aplikab de deyò, men gen de verifikasyon fyab.

Verifikasyon pwonon an. Ranplase ak it. Si turn it off sonnen byen, vèb la separab. Si se sèlman look after it ki mache, li inseparab.

Verifikasyon twa mo yo. Vèb ak patikil ki gen de patikil —get on with, look forward to, run out of, put up with, catch up on— toujou inseparab. Konplemen an ale apre tout konstriksyon an, san eksepsyon.

• I'm looking forward to it. · I can't put up with them.

Sèl obsèvasyon sa a regle yon gwoup vèb nan yon kou.

Sa ki bay plis erè

Vèb	Kalite	Kòrèk ak yon pwonon
turn on / off	separab	turn it on
pick up	separab	pick it up
put off	separab	put it off
throw away	separab	throw it away
fill in	separab	fill it in
look after	inseparab	look after it
look for	inseparab	look for it
run into	inseparab	run into him
deal with	inseparab	deal with it
get on with	inseparab	get on with them

Nan konvèsasyon

Ranje apatman an

A: What should I do with these old magazines?

B: Throw them away. Actually — hold on, I'll look through them first.

A: And the heater? It's still on.

B: Turn it off, yes. And if you find the forms on the table, could you fill them in?

Remake : throw them away ak fill them in separe, men look through them pa separe. Yon sèl konvèsasyon, vèb diferan, règ diferan.

Teste sa ou fèk li a

Tès ki anba a repoze prèske nèt sou règ pwonon an ak gwoup vèb ki gen de patikil yo.