Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Habitual"
The meaning of "Habitual" in various phrases and sentences
Q:
O que significa habitual?
A:
thank you
Q:
O que significa It became so habitual to me?
A:
When something becomes habitual, that means it happens very frequently
Q:
O que significa habitual?
A:
It means you do something a lot to the point that you don't think about what it is you're doing.
Translations of "Habitual"
Q:
Como é que se diz isto em Inglês (EUA)? Having succeeded in firmly resisting my habitual urge to sleep, I only left my bed during the time everyone was asleep. I looked around.
A:
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Q:
Como é que se diz isto em Inglês (EUA)? habitual
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Q:
Como é que se diz isto em Inglês (EUA)? our habbitual/ our habitual?
A:
You can say "our routine" instead, because habitual refers to what a person is doing. For example: Sara is a habitual late sleeper.
Other questions about "Habitual"
Q:
Recently I learned how to use ‘would’ for past habitual actions, but I don’t know when I should use ‘would’ or ‘used to’ construction to describe an action in the past.”And the problem is that there is no equivalent of ‘would’ in my mother tongue, so I doubt if I understand ‘would’ perfectly.” Please guide me as a native speaker.
A:
"Used to" can be used for anything that was true in the past for a period of time, but isn't true anymore.
"I used to live with my family."
"I used to smoke cigarettes."
"Would" can also be used to describe past habits, but they must be direct actions. They can't be preferences, for example. You also need to say when this happened.
"When I was a child, I would always refuse to eat my vegetables."
"I would read my book every night after school."
Your other two examples about preferences and living in a house can just be written with the simple past tense instead (or "used to" if you want)
"When I was a child, I hated vegetables."
"I lived in a big house."
"I used to live with my family."
"I used to smoke cigarettes."
"Would" can also be used to describe past habits, but they must be direct actions. They can't be preferences, for example. You also need to say when this happened.
"When I was a child, I would always refuse to eat my vegetables."
"I would read my book every night after school."
Your other two examples about preferences and living in a house can just be written with the simple past tense instead (or "used to" if you want)
"When I was a child, I hated vegetables."
"I lived in a big house."
Q:
I don’t understand if you replace “Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will..” in the attached picture with “They can be your habitual thoughts, they also will..”, what difference in nuance arises.
Could you please explain it to me?
Could you please explain it to me?
A:
This archaic English no longer seems grammatically correct in my mind. But I think the word "such" is preferred over "they" since thoughts are an abstract idea rather than an animate object.
The implication of using this sentence structure is that ones habitual thoughts are sufficient to characterise ones mind.
You couldn't replace "such" with "they" as you suggest because "they can be" is somewhat different to "such as are". I think in modern English it would sound something like:
If your habitual thoughts are as such, such will also be the character of your mind. (indirect)
=
Your habitual thoughts characterise your mind. (direct)
The implication of using this sentence structure is that ones habitual thoughts are sufficient to characterise ones mind.
You couldn't replace "such" with "they" as you suggest because "they can be" is somewhat different to "such as are". I think in modern English it would sound something like:
If your habitual thoughts are as such, such will also be the character of your mind. (indirect)
=
Your habitual thoughts characterise your mind. (direct)
Q:
we need to make this a habitual thing. soa natural?
A:
Ok but if you wanted it to be more casual and natural you could say "We need to do this more often."
Q:
habitual drinking makes your body unfit soa natural?
A:
Unfit as in gaining weight? Or do you mean it's unhealthy for your body.
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