Bài 1.5: Cách sử dụng at, on, in cho thời gian, ngày, tháng, năm, mùa.

Chào các bạn!

Bởi vì mình có hay dich truyện và một vài thứ linh tinh khác nên thường bắt gặp ngày, tháng năm. Thật ra khôngkhó để sử dụng đúng nhưng mỗi lần cần đến mình lại phải tra lại tra cứu. Điều đó rất mất thời gian nên hôm nay mình viết một bài liên quan đến at, on, in + thời gian để giúp bạn nào chưa biết và giúp chính mình nhớ được cách sử dụng của các giới từ at, on, in và dạng thời gian được theo sau giới từ đó.

1. At

Được sử dụng cho đứng trước các mốc thời gian xác định trong ngày. Tại sao mình gọi là mộc thời gian xác định; bởi vì trong ngày luôn chỉ có một: 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, midnight, moment, at noon, sunset, surise. Trong đấy:

At sunset	=	at the time when the sun sets
At sunrise	=	at the time when the surises
Ở đây ám chỉ mốc thời gian mặt trời bắt đầu lặn hoặc mọc, nó không ám chỉ cả quá trình mọc hay lặn

Vì việc mặt trời lặn và mọc mang tính chu kỳ và ít thay đổi nên ta nói at sunset đồng nghĩa với việc bạn nói at 7:00 pm and at sunrise đông nghĩa với 6:00 am. Tương từ như thế nếu bạn muốn thể hiện những đơn vị thời gian nhỏ hơn ngày như: morning, afternoon,… kết hợp với "at" thì bạn phải làm cho được nó xác định hay chính xác bạn phải gắn nó vào một hành động đã được biết trước. Ví dụ:

· At the morning when I saw him, I lost my wallet.

Ở đây người dùng muốn nói đến cái khoảnh khắc mà anh ấy gặp người đàn ông ấy thì anh ấy mất cái ví, đấy là khảnh khắc duy nhất trong cái buổi sáng đó (cho nên đây là một mốc thời gian xác định – dùng at). Vì vậy các mốc thời gian gắn với một sự việc bạn chỉ biết chắc chắn thời điểm của nó khi nó xảy ra nên “at” thường đi với các đơn vị thời gian ở trong quá khứ. Vì vậy bạn có thể yên tâm sử dụng at last morning, at last noon,….at last + đơn vị thời gian nhỏ hơn ngày ở trong quá khứ đơn giản vì bạn không thể “at last morning” rồi để đó, bạn phải có hành động đi kèm chứ.

Đối với các khoảng đơn vị thời gian nhỏ hơn ngày bạn cũng có thể sử dụng với “in” như in the morning, in the afternoon. Ở đây người dùng không biết chính xác khi nào sự việc xảy ra (tương lai) hoặc không nhớ chính xác sự việc đã xảy ra khi nào (quá khứ)

· I lost my wallet in the morning (Tôi mất ví vào buổi sáng nhưng tôi không biết hoăc không nhớ mất khi nào, đến trơi tôi kiểm tra thì mất rồi nên chỉ có thể là sáng)

· I will see him in the morning (Tôi sẽ gặp anh ấy vào buổi sáng nhưng tôi không chắc chắn được là 8:00 hay 9:00…)

Dù vậy bạn không thể nói: I lost my wallet in the last morning (last là một từ đặc biệt bạn chỉ có thể dùng "at" khi nó kết hợp với một đơn vị thời gian nhỏ hơn ngày)

Tiện đây thì mình cũng giúp các bạn sử dụng at morning, at afternoon… at+ một đơn vị thời gian trong ngày như thế nào. Xem ví dụ: The sun rises at morning.
Bạn thấy sự khác biệt với cách sử dụng “at the morning” hay “in the morning không”. Trong khi “at the morning” ám chỉ một khoảnh khắc gắn với một hành động cụ thể nào đó, thì “in the morning” gắn vói một hành động nhưng chưa và không xác định được chính xác thời gian; thì at morning dung để gắn với một hành động mang tính chu kỳ có thời gian rõ ràng (the sun rises at 6:00 am everyday) nhưng ở đây nói không quan tâm tới buổi sáng (morning) của ngày hôm nào nó không quan trọng vì sự việc mang tính chu kỳ nên họ dung “at” và bỏ “the”.

2. On

On dùng đứng trước đơn vị thời gian một ngày, các ngày trong tuần, các ngày trong tháng, trong năm, các ngày kỷ niệm đặc biệt.

a. Các ngày trong tuần:

· On Monday

· On Tuesday

· On Wednesday

· On Thursday

· On Friday

· On Saturday

· On Sunday; và các ngày đặc biệt hoặc kỷ niệm trong năm:

· On Chrismast Day

· On Independence Day

· On Easter Day

· On my birthday

· On New Year’s Eve. Bạn cũng có thể thể nói: on the day I met him hoặc I will meet him on a day. Tức bạn có thể sử dụng “on” cho bất cứ ngày nào miễn là nó là một dù ngày đấy đã xác định hay chưa.

Chú ý: Bạn phải sử dụng như sau:

ON + ngày trong tuần + đơn vị thời gian trong ngày	AT + những ngày *đặc biệt bỏ "day"* (không biết nên gọi là gì?)
on Tuesday morning	at Christmas
on Sartuday afternoon	at Easter
on Sunday afternoons	at Independence

Ở đây mình không giải thích vì nó là quy tắc và bạn phải tuân theo.

b. Các ngày trong tháng

· On December 1^st/ on Dec 1^st

c. Các ngày trong năm

Có ba các thể hiên ngày đi kèm với tháng và năm bạn có thể thấy vói ví dụ sau:

· On Wednesday, 6^th January, 2009/ on Wednesday, December 3^rd , 2008/ on Wednesday, December the third, two thousand and eight

· On August the 9^th, 2007

· On 9/8/2007

Tiện đây mình cũng trình bày luôn cách viết ngày tháng năm bạn thường gặp:

1. 6^th of January, 2009 (không phổ biến)

2. January the 6^th, 2009/ Jan the 6^th, 2009 (phổ biến)

3. Monday, 6^th January, 2009/ Monday, January 6^th,2009 (phổ biến)

(Chú ý những từ được bôi đậm và gạch chân đó là điểm khác biệt của chúng)

3. In

In dùng đứng trước một khoảng thời gian lớn hơn ngày, như: nhiều ngày, tháng, mùa, năm, nhiều năm…

· In the days I lived in Vietnam

· In holidays

· In spring

· In season

· In 1990

· In Octobor

· In the 21^st century

Hẹn gặp lại !!!

“Bài viết được biên soạn bởi Hung Nguyen"

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