Onun konuşma şeklinde tonlama bulunmamaktadır.
- Intonation is absent in his way of speaking.
O, hastalık nedeniyle yoktu.
- He was absent owing to 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.
O konuşurken, sanırım ben dalgındım.
- While he was talking, I guess I was absent-minded.
Tom çok dalgındır ve bazen çocukları okuldan almayı unutur.
- Tom is quite absent-minded and sometimes forgets to pick the kids up from school.