Single room

Definition

since /sÇns/ prep (used with the present or past perfect tense) ကစ၍။ ကတည္းက။ She's been ill since Sunday. ❍ I haven't eaten since breakfast. ❍ She's been working in a bank since leaving school. ❍ Since the party he had only spoken to her once. conj ၁။ (used with the present perfect, past perfect or simple present tense in the main clause) ကတည္းက။ Cath hasn't phoned since she went to Berlin. ❍ It was the first time I'd had visitors since I'd moved into the flat. ❍ How long is it since we last went to the cinema? ၂။ သည့္အတြက္။ တဲ့အတြက္။ Since I haven't got her address I can't write to her. adv (used with the present or past perfect tense)သည္ကစ၍။ ယင္းေနာက္တြင္။ သည္ေနာက္မွာ။ He left home two weeks ago and we haven't heard from him since. ❍ She moved to London last May and has since got a job on a newspaper. ❍ The original building has long since been demolished. မူလအေဆာက္အအံုကို ပေဝသဏီကတည္းက ဖ်က္ၿပီးၿပီ။

Examples

1. I’ve known Joanna since she was born.
2. Turkey has been a republic since 1923.
3. It’s over nine years since Scotland won a game against England.
4. I’d not seen her since she went to live in Oxford.
5. [ever since] : Paul started sailing in 1986 and he’s been doing it ever since.
6. Ever since I was at school
7. I’ve wanted to write.
8. Since arriving in New York
9. Thomas has had over 15 job interviews.
10. There have been many changes around here since I was a boy.
11. The accident was blamed on the pilot
12. who has since retired.
13. [since then] : Last year the company was expanding
14. but since then things have got really tough.
15. [long since] : The people who built the temple have long since vanished.
16. Since Barbara is no longer my wife
17. I’m no longer responsible for her debts.
18. I shall not be able to attend the meeting since I shall be on holiday with my family.
19. You should talk to Karen since she’s the one responsible for authorizing payments.