Onun konuşma şeklinde tonlama bulunmamaktadır.
- Intonation is absent in his way of speaking.
Dün niçin sınıfta yoktun?
- Why did you absent yourself from class yesterday?
O, hastalık nedeniyle yoktu.
- He was absent owing to illness.
Bugün derste bulunmayan birçok öğrenci vardı.
- There was a lot of students absent from class today.
Yüzünde dalgın bir bakış vardı.
- He had an absent look on his face.
O konuşurken, sanırım ben dalgındım.
- While he was talking, I guess I was absent-minded.