Onun konuşma şeklinde tonlama bulunmamaktadır.
- Intonation is absent in his way of speaking.
Hastalık nedeniyle okulda yoktum.
- I was absent from school because of illness.
O, hastalık nedeniyle okulda yoktu.
- He was absent from school because of 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.