Explicaciones gramaticales: El infinitivo

El infinitivo

“To be or not to be” is a quotation from Hamlet

“Ser o no ser” es una frase de Hamlet

• La forma interrogativa se obtiene añadiendo not al mismo infinitivo.

• Las preposiciones simples di, a da y per,que en italiano pueden preceder a un infinitivo, nunca se emplean en inglés.

I am here to play with Brian

Estoy aquí para jugar con Brian

PARA PROFUNDIZAR EN EL TEMA

• An infinitive is the simple present form of a verb used as either a noun, adjective, or adverb. The verb of the infinitive is normally preceded by the word to.
• When the infinitive follows some verbs as the direct object, the to may be dropped an infinitive phrase is the infinitive plus any complements and any modifiers of the infinitive and complements.

As a Noun: He helped to write the program.

As an Adjective: Lydiawas looking for a way to earn money.

As an Adverb: He shouted to get our attention.

To Dropped: He helped write the program.