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Feb 24, 2017 · 1) "To be married" has two meanings: to be in a state of marriage, or betrothed. 2) It's "I have been married for 10 years" rather than "I have got married for 10 years". 3) Last question: "I am married" reflects whatever your current status is. A culture allows multiple spouses: you could be married and also be engaged to be married.
Sep 23, 2022 · ''I have got married'' indicates you are still married. "I have been married" indicates you're not married but I still wouldn't say it that way. The ideal would be ''I've been married for 'x' years.
Aug 12, 2021 · "We were married on 1 Aug 1990" is ambiguous; in context, it could mean that the marriage started earlier and/or finished later, but was active on that date. "We got married" is ugly but clearer. "We married" is more elegant, but feels a bit literary. –
Jul 22, 2012 · 第二句强调的是动作，我们结婚了，这句可以加时间状语，比如We got married two years ago. 但 We were married two years ago. 这句话的意思就不一样了，这句话的意思是，两年前我们还是夫妻（已婚状态），而现在已经不是夫妻了。
Your verb is to get married. The difference between the sentences is that the verb is at different tenses. First is at past tense simple, the second one is at present perfect simple. Past tense simple is used to describe past actions where the time has been specified. They got married yesterday. They got married last year.
What I would have said is "since we were married". "Since we got married" also sounds natural. "Since we married" is quite unnatural. It sounds like something only a non-native speaker would say. The rest just sound wrong. You could say "since we have been married" with some other kind of phrase, though, e.g.
Jan 1, 2016 · In the past we were married. This lasted for five years. It's implied that the end of the five years is now, meaning we're still married. If it lasted for five years, but started more than five years ago, then I would expect "we were married for five years", as the state of marriage is now wholly in the past. We are married for five years.
Apr 1, 2014 · They were married on the first of April 2014, and divorced five years later. The difference between had married and were married, is that with "were", we are saying they became married — that is, the acquired the adjective of "married" — they went from being not married, to being married.
Apr 29, 2016 · "Get married" is a common verb phrase, and is suitable here, so "We are getting married" is correct. "*Getting marry" is incorrect. More details. A discussion of terms related to marriage here can help clarify the usage. This answer discusses the grammatical aspects of "get married".
Nov 12, 2016 · He got marriage to her. is ungrammatical in English if used to mean "He got married to her." It could be grammatical if your meaning were that "he" somehow conveyed the concept or essence of marriage across some physical or intellectual distance to "her" ... but that is almost certainly not your meaning, and in any case it would still be problematic and confusing even if it were.
