domingo, 1 de enero de 2012

Some facts about the English language

Personal pronouns
The personal pronouns in English are:

EspañolEnglish ObjetivoReflexivoGenitivo (atributivo)Genitivo (predicativo)
yoImemyselfmymine
tú, ustedyouyouyourselfyouryours
élhehimhimselfhishis
ellasheherherselfherhers
ello2itititselfits----
nosotrosweusourselvesourours
vosotros, ustedesyouyouyourselvesyouryours
ellos, ellas5theythemthemselvestheirtheirs

Tenses
In English there are four key times: past, present and future and conditional. These three times are combined with three aspects (imperfective, continuous, perfective) aspect combinations possible are four ([-perf] [-cont] [-perf] [-cont] [-perf] [-cont] and [-perf] [-cont]). The combinanciones earlier appearance time and result in a significant number of tenses:
Syntactically simple lack of auxiliary and which include the following:
Simple non-continuous: Present simple, recognizable for not wearing TAM suffixes to the root; Past simple, including a last mark of the root, usually-ed in regular verbs, and may include umlaut-in and even in verbs irregular or pounding; Future simple, regularly marked by an auxiliary (will, Marshall or the negative), Conditional, regularly marked the last time Would auxiliary (or negative).
Continuous, generally equivalent to "auxiliary (be) + gerund" in Spanish, denote actions that are being made at the time it is spoken. Morphologically times ending in-ing continuous: Present continuous, continuous Past
Compounds that denote completed actions and therefore perfective aspect:
Compounds non-continuous: Present perfect, Past perfect, Future perfect.
Continuous, similar to the simple continuous: Present perfect continuous, Past perfect continuous
The following table summarizes previous times, to write the word 'write':




Simple tenses
Perfect tenses
- continuous+ continuous- continuous+ continuous
PresentI writeI am writingI have writtenI have been writing
PastI wroteI was writingI had writtenI had been writing
FutureI shall/will writeI shall/will be writingI shall/will have writtenI shall/will have been writing
ConditionalI would writeI would be writingI would have writtenI would have been writing
Past tense
Depending on whether you are regular or not, the verbs have different pasts, which are two:
Past simple, equivalent to any past in Spanish
Past participle, equivalent to the participle in Spanish.



Irregular Verbs
This is a list of some irregular verbs


InfinitivoPasado simpleParticipio
to bewas/werebeen
to becomebecamebecome
to beginbeganbegun
to bitebitbitten
to breakbrokebroken
to bringbroughtbrought
to buildbuiltbuilt
to burnburned/burntburned/burnt
to buyboughtbought
to catchcaughtcaught
 inter alia...


Infinitive
As for the verb infinitives, they begin with the word to, for example:
To walk - walking
To jump - jump



Pluralization rules
1 .- For nouns or verbs ending in o, s, ss, sh, ch, x,y,z, is added


InglésEspañol
Forma singularForma pluralForma singularForma plural
HeroHéroesHéroeHéroes
EyelashEyelashesPestañaPestañas
WatchWatchesRelojRelojes
BoxBoxesCajaCajas
GlassGlassesVidrioVidrios
2 .- For nouns or verbs ending in y, but preceded by a consonant letter, is changed and i is added

InglésEspañol
Forma singularForma pluralForma singularForma plural
LadyLadiesDamaDamas
FlyFliesMoscaMoscas
PhotocopyPhotocopiesFotocopiaFotocopias
3 .- For nouns or verbs ending in y, but preceded by a vowel letter, but added



InglésEspañol
Forma singularForma pluralForma singularForma plural
BuyBuysComprar
BoyBoysNiñoNiños
PayPaysPagar
KeyKeysLlaveLlaves
ToyToysJugueteJuguetes
PrayPraysRezar
4 .- For nouns or verbs ending in fo faith, they exchange these for you see.

InglésEspañol
Forma singularForma pluralForma singularForma plural
WolfWolvesLoboLobos
KnifeKnivesCuchilloCuchillos
ScarfScarvesBufandaBufandas
LeafLeavesHoja (de árbol)Hojas




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