Semantinis niuansas siuo atveju paprastas:
used to  - testine praeitis
was  -  butasis kartinis.

tiesiog kazkada buvo viesbutis, ar buvom draugai trumpa laika -  was.
budavo viesbutis, buvo ilga laika, o mes irgi ilga laika buvome draugais - 
used to.

"GK" <kadagys@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Tai keblu.  Priklauso ir nuo veiksmazodziu.  Tikrai nera jokio skirtumo,
> niuansu tarp "There was a hotel near the airport, but it closed a long
> time ago." ir
>
> "There used to be a hotel near the airport, but it closed a long time
> ago." , taciau yra labai didelis skirtumas tarp
>
> "Years ago a band used to play on Sunday afternoons in this park." ir
>
> "Years ago a band played on Sunday afternoons in this park." (Pastarojo
> gal nieks ir nelabai sakytu.)
>
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>
> Rimantas Liubertas wrote:
>>> Nori pasakyti, kad su 'was' reiskia, kad jis jau uzsilenkes? O 'used
>>> to be' kad dar gyvas??
>>
>> Zinai, gerai pagalvojus, tai is tiesu semantiniai niuansai i ta puse.
>> Nebutinai uzsilenkes, bet tiesiog pasikeites pobudis.
>>
>> Imant pateiktus saknius:
>>
>> "There was a hotel near the airport, but it closed a long time ago" -
>> sitas man atrodo teisingesnis.
>>
>> "There used to be a hotel near the airport, but it closed a long time
>> ago" - galimas variantas priklausomai nuo konteksto, bet siuo atveju
>> used to be man labiau ziuretusi, jei is to viesbucio padare koki
>> restorana, o ne ji uzdare. Ir net tuo atveju labiau norisi konkretesnio
>> nurodymo: ne "there used to be a hotel", o kazko panasaus i "This
>> building used to be a hotel.".
>>
>> "Jim was my best friend, but we aren't good frends any longer" -
>> cia atvirksciai: "was my best friend" man labiau klijuotusi su kokiu
>> "at school", o su "we arent good friend any longer" man butent labiau
>> patinka sitas variantas:
>>
>> "Jim used to be my best friend, but we aren't good frends any longer"
>>
>> ic
>> -- 
>> http://rimantas.com/
>>
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