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Useful phrases using verbs + infinitives


literacola February 05, 2009 08:43 PM

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.

thanks in advance

Rusty February 05, 2009 08:48 PM

Narrow this down for us, please.

literacola February 05, 2009 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 25261)
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 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

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Originally Posted by literacola (Post 25258)
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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