VERBOS SEGUIDOS DE ING / INFINITIVO

Verb
ADMIT

Example
He ADMITTED stealing the money from the till. They AVOID mentioning the case

Meaning
El ADMITI haber robado el dinero de la caja. EVITAN mencionar el caso EVITA meterte en problemas si puedes... No SOPORTAN caminar bajo la nieve CONFIESO haber robado el banco PIENSO comprar otro televisor HAS CONSIDERADO tomarte unos pocos das de descanso? Nos DEMORAMOS en llegar al hospital NIEGAN haber robado la cartera Por qu te DISGUSTA vivir aqu? Debido al clima. DISFRUTAN chatear por la noche DISFRUTO el comer solo. NO PUEDO EVITAR reirme de sus bromas FANTASEA / IMAGINA descansando en la arena Mi esposa NO TIENE GANAS de salir esta noche. TERMINAMOS DE trabajar temprano Cuando TERMINE de limpiar la casa, podemos hablar. ODIO en verdad tenerme que levantar temprano los lunes.

AVOID AVOID getting into trouble if you can... CAN'T BEAR CONFESS They CANT BEAR walking in the snow I CONFESS robbing the bank I CONSIDER buying a new TV CONSIDER Have you CONSIDERED taking a few days off? We DELAY going to hospital They DENY stealing the purse Why do you DISLIKE living here? Because of the weather. They ENJOY chatting at night ENJOY I ENJOY eating alone. CAN'T HELP I CANT HELP smiling at her jokes He FANCIES relaxing in the sand FANCY My wife doesn't FANCY going out this evening. We FINISH working early FINISH When I FINISH cleaning the house, we can talk. I really HATE waking up early on Mondays!

DELAY DENY DISLIKE

HATE

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I IMAGINE winning the lottery IMAGINE I can't IMAGINE your boss wearing shorts. She DOESNT MIND waiting for long DON'T MIND I don't MIND working until midnight LOVE LIKE MISS POSTPONE PUT OFF PRACTISE RISK CAN'T STAND I love MEETING foreign people in San Telmo. She LIKES making birthday-cakes. I MISS playing with the snow . They POSTPONE leaving for Europe They PUT OFF deciding the sale They PRACTISE playing tennis They RISK losing their life They CAN'T STAND eating kidneys They SUGGEST visiting Paris SUGGEST He SUGGESTED going to the zoo. STOP STOP querrelling you two !

ME IMAGINO ganando la lotera No puedo IMAGINARME a tu jefe usando pantalones cortos. NO LE MOLESTA tener que esperar No me IMPORTA trabajar hasta la medianoche. Me ENCANTA conocer gente extranjera en San Telmo. Le GUSTA hacer tortas de cumpleaos. EXTRAO jugar con la nieve. POSPONEN la salida a Europa POSTERGAN la decisin de la venta PRACTICAN jugando al tenis SE ARRIESGAN a perder su vida NO TOLERAN comer riones SUGIEREN que visitemos Pars SUGIRI ir al zoolgico. PAREN de pelear los dos !

WHEN "TO" IS A PREPOSITION

BE USED TO GET USED TO LOOK FORWARD TO OBJECT TO

I am USED TO studying a lot They GET USED TO driving trucks I LOOK FORWARD TO watching the news We OBJECT TOVpaying extra

ESTOY ACOSTUMBRADO A estudiar mucho Se ACOSTUMBRAN A conducir camiones TENGO GANAS DE ver las noticias Nos OPONEMOS A pagar extras.

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Como ya vimos en clase despus de like puedes utilizar verbo + -ing o verbo + to + infinitivo. Sin embargo, cuando like significa disfrutar hacer algo, debers utilizar like + -ing. Sin embargo cuando like no significa disfrutar si no lo que parece correcto hacer o lo que sientes que es correcto utilizamos like + to + infinitivo. Por lo que nos encontramos con dos posibilidades:

DISFRUTAR

She likes cooking any kind of meal. I like to wash my hair only twice at week

She enjoys it

A ella le gusta cocinar cualquier clase de comida. Me gusta lavarme el cabello slo dos veces a la semana. Le gusta limpiar la mesa despus de la comida.

I don't enjoy it

NECESARIO He likes to clean the table after the meal He doesn't enjoy it

Despus de love, puedes utilizar el verbo con -ing o el verbo en infinitivo, por lo que tienes dos posibilidades: She loves meeting strange people. She loves to meet strange people. A ella le encanta conocer gente extraa A ella le encanta conocer gente extraa

CUANDO EL SIGNIFICADO CAMBIA

Sin embargo, con algunos verbos el significado de las oraciones se altera, si se utilizan gerundios o infinitivos. Es interesante analizarlo:

Remember/Forget (recordar/olvidar)

Con los verbos remember (recordar) y forget (olvidar), el gerundio hace referencia a una accin que ocurri ANTES QUE el hecho de recordar u olvidar. Veamos... I remember giving him the key significa... I remember having given him the key o lo que es lo mismo... I remember the moment in which I gave him the key. I will never forget going water rafting in Africa significa... I will never forget the occasion on which we went water rafting in Africa.

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Sin embargo, con remember y forget, el infinitivo hace referencia a una accin que ocurri DESPUES QUE surgiera el hecho de recordar u olvidar. Veamos... I remember to feed the cat significa... I remember that it was my responsibility to feed the cat and I fed her. I forgot to post that letter significa... I did not post the letter because I forgot.

Regret (lamentar/se)

El verbo regret (lamentar/se) es similar. La estructura regret + gerund (ing) hace referencia mientras que regret + infinitive se usa para prsentar malas noticias (I regret to say..., I regret to tell you..., I regret to inform you...). Por lo tanto, decimos... I regret telling him the secret significa o lo que es lo mismo

I regret having told him the secret I wish I hadn't told him the secret.

I regret to say that I just ran over your dog!

significa

I'm very sorry but I just killed your dog with my car. I regret to inform you that your car is missing significa It is my sad responsibility to inform you that your car is missing.

Stop (dejar de)

La estructura stop + gerund (ing) expresa que se ha interrumpido la accin mencionada en el gerundio. Asi tenemos: You must stop smoking. Sin embargo, stop + infinitive expresa que se interrumpel la actividad que se est realizando para llevar a cabo la actividad mencionada en el infinitivo. Por ejemplo: The window-cleaners stopped to smoke. significa They stopped cleaning the windows in order to have a cigarette.

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Go on (seguir, continuar)
La estructura go on + gerund expresa lo mismo que continue + gerund/infinitive: He went on talking about himself, even though nobody was listening.

Sin embargo, go on + infinitive significa to start something new: He went on to talk about his children significa He was talking about one thing and then he changed the subject and started to talk about his children.

Try (tratar, intentar)

Existe una ligera diferencia entre try + infinitive y try + gerund. La estructura try + infinitive sugiere que la accin del infinitivo es difcil y posiblemente la persona no llegue a realizar la accin: Try to open the window. I can't because I'm not very strong and it has recently been painted. He tried to climb the cliff. Sin embargo, try + gerund sugiere que la accin del gerundio no es compleja pero desconocemos si la consecuenciade esa accin ser lo que buscamos o deseamos. Se utiliza la estructura try + gerund cuando realizamos algo para descubrir cules sern las consecuencias. Observa... A: Phew! It's hot in here! B: Try opening the window. Although it's probably just as hot outside!

Need (necesitar, tener necesidad de)

Con el verbo need, el infinitivo adquiere un significado activo y el gerundio uno pasivo. I need to talk to you significa I must talk to you. My shoes need cleaning significa My shoes need to be cleaned. The car needed servicing significa The car needed to be serviced.

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