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Use of How come + (subject + verb) & Let’s not + (verb); Day :47

How come + (subject + verb)

When using ‘how come’ you are asking why a particular thing has or had to take place.

‘āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“How come parents worry so much?”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How come people carpool to work?”

“āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡?”

“How come you are so upset?”

“āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ–āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡?”

“How come he will not call you?”

“āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How come you stayed out so late?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡?”

“How come you cannot make a decision?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž?”

“How come you always question me?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡?”

“How come we never agree?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻž?”

“How come your dog digs in the yard?”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡?”

“How come she will not come over?”

“āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡?”

Let’s not + (verb)

The word ‘let’s’ is formed from the words ‘let us.’ Here you are requesting that something not take place at this moment or that what is happening needs to be contained or lessened.

‘āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ ‘āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“Let’s not discuss this now.”

“āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤”

“Let’s not stay here too long.”

“āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“Let’s not stop anywhere on the way.”

“āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“Let’s not remain mad at each other.”

“āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“Let’s not meddle in other people’s business.”

“āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“Let us not get too excited.”

“āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§‡āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“Let us not worry too much.”

“āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“Let us not interrupt them when they are talking.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“Let us help you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤”

“Let us get that for you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤”