Prefer something to something else

Odatiy, doimiy tarzda biror narsani Afzal ko’rish yoki ko’ngilga ma’qul kelishini ifodalash uchun “prefer to do” yoki “prefer doing” tarzidagi birikmalardan foydalanish mumkin.
Prefer something to something else
I prefer a white car to a black car.
Prefer doing something to doing something else
He prefers walking to driving a car.
Prefer to do something rather than do something
I prefer to live in the country rather than live in a city.
Would prefer birikmasi doimiy emas, balki ayni bir vaziyatda biror kishining biror narsani afzal ko’rishi, xohlashini ifodalash uchun ishlatiladi.
I would prefer to drink coffee.
Would rather/would sooner dan keyin infinitive to emas, balki V1 shakli ishlatiladi.
I’m so tired. I would rather go home.
Inkor shakli would rather not/would sooner not do something shaklida yasaladi.
I would sooner not go out today.
Would rather/would sooner do something than do something else – biror ish qilishda ko’ra boshqa bir ish qilishni afzal ko’rish ma’nolarida ishlatiladi.
I would rather stay at home than go to the cinema.
Rather than/sooner than birikmalari sinonim va infinitive “to” siz ishlatiladi.
I decided to have dinner at home rather than eat out.
Ba’zi holatlarda rather than bilan “ing” shakli ishlatilishi mumkin.
Rather than buying a new car, I repaired old one.
“I would rather you did something” iborasi hozirgi yoki kelasi zamonda qo’llaniladi va “menga biror ish qilganingiz yaxshi bo’lardi” deb tarjima qilinadi.
I would rather you stayed with us.
Inkor shaklda: “I would rather you didn’t do something” “menga qolsa biror ishni qilmaganingiz ma’qul”
I would rather you didn’t use a mobile phone.
O’tgan zamondagi ish-harakatkarga shaxsning o’zi uchun “I would rather have done”, boshqa shaxslar uchun “I would rather you had done” birikmasi qo’llaniladi.
I would rather have called you – o’shanda sizga qo’ng’iroq qilsam bo’larkan.
I would rather you hadn’t told him about it – unga bu haqida aytmasangiz bo’larkan.
Aksariyat predloglardan keyin fe’l kelsa, felning “ing” shakli qo’llaniladi.
She is good at speaking.
“instead of smb doing something” hamda “fed up with people doing something” birikmalaridan keyin “ing” shakli ishlatiladi.
I’m fed up with people telling me what to do.
“To be + adjective + preposition + ing” kabi birikmalarda “ing” ishlatiladi.
Are you interested in reading novels?
Ozodbek is famous for singing songs.
By + V(ing) – biror narsa qilib ma’nosidagi gaplarda “ing” ishlatiladi.
Someone got into the room by breaking the window.
Without + ing – biror narsa qilmasdan.
He said without thinking.
Look forward to – “intizorlik bilan kutmoq” birikmasidan keyin “ing” ishlatiladi.
Are you looking forward to taking an exam?