İşe gitmek yerine bütün gün evde kaldım.
- I stayed at home all day instead of going to work.
Televizyon seyretmek yerine, dışarıya çıkıp biraz temiz hava al.
- Go out and breathe some fresh air instead of watching TV.
Onun yerine, erkek kardeşim tutuklandı.
- Instead of him, my brother was arrested.
Onun yerine ablası onlarla gitti.
- Instead of her, her sister went with them.
He walked to school instead of taking the car.
Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
- Instead of cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
... instead of having movies, we're going ...
... together at once, do one test instead of having the patient run around with 10 tests. Let's ...