Давайте для разминки научимся произносить пресловутое UNFORTUNATELY, о которое поломало языки не одно поколение преинтермедиатов. Последовательность простая (см. прикрепленное аудио):
FORTUNE ˈfɔːʧən – удача →
FORTUNATE ˈfɔːʧənət – удачливый →
FORTUNATELY ˈfɔːʧənətli – к счастью →
UNFORTUNATELY ʌnˈfɔːʧənətli – к сожалению
UNFORTUNATELY входит в число SENTENCE ADVERBS – наречий, которые относятся ко всему предложению целиком. Они заменяют собой целую вводную конструкцию, а значит, экономят вам звуки, буквы и время.
Вот основные типы.
1.
IT IS (UN)FORTUNATE THAT... → (UN)FORTUNATELY, ...
IT IS (UN)LUCKY THAT... → (UN)LUCKILY, ...
IT IS FUNNY THAT... → FUNNILY, ...
IT IS CURIOUS THAT... → CURIOUSLY, ...
IT IS CLEAR THAT... → CLEARLY, ...
Тут вообще подойдет почти любое прилагательное, из которого можно образовать наречие. А еще к нему можно добавить ENOUGH.
• INTERESTINGLY, we all tend to judge ourselves by our intentions.
• SADLY, she failed to keep her word again.
• STRANGELY ENOUGH, he didn’t see anything wrong with a man walking naked down the road.
2.
IT SEEMS THAT... → SEEMINGLY, ...
IT APPEARS THAT... → APPARENTLY, ...
• APPARENTLY, he hasn’t been sleeping well. Look at the black marks around his eyes.
3.
I SUPPOSE THAT...→ SUPPOSEDLY, ...
I ADMIT THAT...→ ADMITTEDLY, ...
I REGRET THAT...→ REGRETTABLY, ...
I HOPE THAT...→ HOPEFULLY, ...
• HOPEFULLY, we’ll be able to get rid of the stolen goods before the cops find us out.
• REGRETTABLY, they did find us out at once.
4.
NO ONE DENIES THAT... → UNDENIABLY, ...
NO ONE DOUBTS THAT... → UNDOUBTEDLY, ...
• UNDOUBTEDLY, they’ll clone the president if they have to.
5.
I FRANKLY THINK THAT... → FRANKLY, ...
I HONESTLY THINK THAT... → HONESTLY, ...
I PERSONALLY THINK THAT... → PERSONALLY, ...
• HONESTLY, you don’t need to do anything. Just go with it.
• FRANKLY, he doesn’t really look like a good match for you.
6.
AS WAS EXPECTED, ... → EXPECTEDLY, ...
AS WAS PREDICTED, ... → PREDICTABLY, ...
AS WAS PRESUMED, ... → PRESUMABLY, ...
AS WAS ALLEGED, ... → ALLEGEDLY, ...
• EXPECTEDLY, he failed to master Chinese in three months.
• PRESUMABLY, she’ll dump him when his bank account runs out.
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