Les liens logiques de la phrase, Contraste et simultanéité

Les liens logiques de la phrase

I-contraste et similarité

a) similarité

1)like : +forme nominale

He works in Paris like my brother/like me.

A flat like yours/this one would be ideal.

They consider/regard/look upon us as their rivals

Several firms, such as IBM and general motors, are cutting jobs.

2)as:

->+forme verbale

As you know, I don’t agree with him

Why don’t you come by bus, like me?(familier)/as I do?

->groupe prépositionnel

You can’t deal with foreign customers as with French ones

b) contraste:

1)traduction de “contrairement a”

->”unlike”+forme nominale

Unlike John, she is not very efficient

Your parents are very helpful unlike mine

->”contrary to”+what

Contrary to what they had announced

Att: As + nom (equivalence) he works as a slave

Like +nom (similarité) he works like a slave

She works as an accountant in her husband’s company.

I speak as a free citizen.

2)traduction de “alors que”:

Whereas/while

He is self-employed, whereas his brother is a civil servant.

They laid off three employees whereas we hired five.

II/simultanéité temporelle

While=pendant que

As=alors que/tandis que, comme, au moment ou

While she was doing her homework, I went shopping.

As I was jogging, it began to rain

I saw him as he was coming out

When/as soon as

We will leave as soon as you are ready

III/cause et consequence

a)la cause

1)parce que=because

2)car=for

Don’t send it, for it will be too late any way

3)dans la mesure ou=insofar as

Insofar as everyone is concerned, we should all be warned.

4)étant donné que/comme=since/as

Since/as I’m under 18, I cannot vote

As/since I don’t have my car,

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