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Old February 05, 2009, 08:43 PM
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Useful phrases using verbs + infinitives

Does anyone have some useful phrases in this format?

I am looking for constructions similar to acabar de, volver a, and ir a.

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Narrow this down for us, please.
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Narrow this down for us, please.
I mean useful constructions that are made from conjugated verbs plus an infinitive.

Like how acabar de means to have just done something.. although acabar means to finish. I am just looking for simple phrases that can be created like this. They don't really have to be that exact construction though. I guess I am just looking for idiomatic expressions that are common in everyday speech.
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Acabar has several uses and figures into hundreds of phrases. Have a look here for some examples. The second usage on that page can also mean to run out of something. Some uses have no preposition. Others do. A pronominal form also exists.

Volver a can mean to do something again, as in Vuelvo a leer el libro. (I'm reading the book again.)

Ir a is used to form the simple future tense, meaning to be going to do something in the near future. , as in Voy a leer el libro esta tarde. (I'm going to read the book this afternoon.)
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Does anyone have some useful phrases in this format?

I am looking for constructions similar to acabar de, volver a, and ir a.

thanks in advance
Acabo de leer un libro muy bueno. (I just finished reading a very good book)

Vuelvo a leer el mismo libro por décima vez (I again read the same book for a tenth time.) Not even close! :-)

Voy a leer el mismo libro por cuarta vez

I am going to read the same book a fourth time.

Contento? :-)
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I will try to do my attempt.

Acabo de terminade comer.

I just have finish to eat.

Vuelvo en la noche a jugar.

I'm going to back tonight to play.

Voy a ir contigo al doctor.

I'm going to with you to the doctor.

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Thanks guys, but I guess I wasn't very clear. I already know how these specific verbs are used. I am looking for other verbs that are used to make phrases like these.
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They are "beggin/end an action" sentences.
you can find synonymus, but I don't remember similar options.
Beginning: ir a, empezar a, comenzar a, volver a,
Ending:acabar de, terminar de, finalizar de,
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