Would rather/sooner, would prefer ( tercih etmek)
Would rather/sooner tercih etme durumlarını izah etmede kullanılır. Fakat kendisinden sonra gelen fiilden önce to gelmez.- I would rather drink tea. (Çay içmeyi tercih ederim.)
- I would rather go this way. (Bu yoldan gitmeyi tercih ederim.)
Would prefer
Would prefer da aynen would rather / sooner da olduğu gibi tercih etme durumlarını izah etmede kullanılır. Fakat fiilden önce “to” kullanılır.- I would prefer to drink tea. (Çay içmeyi tercih ederim.)
- I would prefer to go this way. (Bu yoldan gitmeyi tercih ederim.)
- I would rather you drank tea. (Senin çay içmeni tercih ederim.)
- I would rather my father went this way. (Babamın bu yoldan gitmesini tercih ederim.)
- I would prefer you to drink tea. (Senin çay içmeni tercih ederim.)
- I would prefer my father to go this way. (Babamın bu yoldan gitmesini tercih ederim.)
- I would rather drink tea than coffee. (Çay içmeyi kahve içmeye tercih ederim.)
- I would prefer to drink tea rather than drink coffee. (Çay içmeyi kahve içmeye tercih ederim.)
- I would rather read something than watch TV.
- I'd rather/sooner drink coffee than (drink) tea.
- (Çay içmektense/çay içmek yerine, kahve içmeyi tercih ederim.)
- She'd rather go to the theatre than (go to) the cinema.
- I'd rather be walking by the seaside than (be) studying here now. (Şimdi burada ders çalışıyor olmak yerine sahilde yürüyor olmayı tercih ederdim.) (But I'm studying now.)
- They'd rather be living in the country than (be living) in Istanbul. (But they are living in Istanbul.)
- You'd rather be listening to music now than (be listening) to the lesson.
- I'd rather have stayed home than (have) gone to the cinema last night.(But I went to the cinema.)(Dün akşam sinemaya gitmek yerine evde kalmayı tercih ederdim.)
- He studied law, because his parents wanted him to, but he'd rather have studied engineering.
- I'd rather have gone to bed early last night, but I couldn't, because some guests arrived just as I was getting ready to go to bed.
- I'd rather not tell him the news. It's really depressing. (Present) (Haberi ona söylememeyi tercih ederim.)
- I'd rather not be studying right now, but I am. (Present Progressive)
- I'd rather not have invited her to my party. She caused us a lot of trouble by drinking too much. (But invited her.) (Past)
Would rather + subject + past tense
Eğer, "would rather /sooner" ın öznesiyle, eylemi yapacak olan kişi farklıysa, "would rather + subject + past tense" kalıbı kullanılır. Cümlede Past Tense kullanılmasına rağmen, anlam present ya da future'dur.
- She wants to be a nurse, but I'd rather she became a teacher. They want to travel by train, but I'd rather they travelled by car.
- I want to attend a university abroad, but my parents would rather I studied in Turkey. (Ben üniversiteyi yurt dısında okumak istiyorum ama, ailem benim Tiirkiye'de okumamı tercih ediyor.)
- Would you mind if I smoked here?
- Well, I'd rather you didn't. (I'd rather you didn't smoke.)
- She always asks me too many questions. I'd rather she didn't ask me so many questions.
Would rather + subject + Past Perfect
Bir başkasının geçmişte yapmasını tercih ettiğimiz ama gerçekleşmemiş eylemleri "would rather + subject + Past Perfect" ile ifade ederiz.- I'd rather she had gone to Ankara by train, but she went by bus. (Trenle gitmiş olmasını tercih ederdim, ama ........)
- I'd rather they hadn't invited me to their wedding. Now I have to go. (But they invited me.) (Düğünlerine beni çağırmamış olmalarını tercih ederdim.)