in time – etaga ertalab uyimni yig’ishtirmoqchiman, shuning uchun vaqtida turishim kerak About – chamasi, tahminan “About” boshqa predloglar bilan birikib tahminiy vaqtni ko’rsatib keladi: At about 4 o’clock – Chamasi soat 4 larda At about Monday – Tahminan dushanbalarda During – davomida, vaqtida, mobaynida Bir jarayonning boshlanishidan tortib to tugagunicha bo’lgan vaqtni o’z ichiga oladi: During the lesson – Dars davomida During the war – Urush vaqtida During the summer holiday (=in summer holiday) – Yozgi ta’til mobaynida The teacher asks us a lot of questions during the lesson – Dars davomida o’qituvchi bizga ko’p savol beradi. “During” predlogi “since” va “for” predloglaridan farq qiladi.
“During” predlogi vaqtni ko’rsatuvchi “at” predlogi bilan keladi va vaqt davomiyligini bildirad: During out vocation we visited many relatives across the country - For – - dan beri, - dan buyon Ushbu ma’noda “for” ish- harakatning bajarilishiga sarflangan vaqtni ko’rsatadi va asosan, tugallangan “perfect” zamonlarda qo’llanadi: I have been reading this book for 2 days – Men bu kitobni 2 kundan beri o’qiyapman John has worked in a bank for 15 years – Jon 15 yildan beri bankda ishlaydi. Since – - dan beri, - dan buyon Ushbu ma’noda “since” ish- harakatning faqat boshlanish vaqtini belgilab keladi va tugallangan “perfect” zamonlarda qo’llanadi: