Useful phrases using verbs + infinitives
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literacola
February 05, 2009, 08:43 PM
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
Rusty
February 05, 2009, 08:48 PM
Narrow this down for us, please.
literacola
February 05, 2009, 09:00 PM
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.
Rusty
February 05, 2009, 09:30 PM
Acabar has several uses and figures into hundreds of phrases. Have a look here (http://spanish.about.com/library/verbs/bl-acabar.htm) 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.)
chileno
February 08, 2009, 07:18 PM
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? :-)
CrOtALiTo
February 08, 2009, 11:51 PM
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.
Greetings.
literacola
February 09, 2009, 10:43 AM
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.
sosia
February 10, 2009, 12:13 AM
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,
Saludos :D
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