Here's a case of an English phrasal verb having a Spanish equivalent!
Agree with = Estar de acuerdo
¿Estas en acuerdo conmigo?
Sunday, October 21, 2007
I've fallen on a few with CAER
The verb caer means to fall. But caer en means to understand, in the sense of to come to understand / to hit upon ; caer bajo means to plunge in the sense of to sink very low; caer bien/mal means to go down well/poorly; estar al caer means about to arrive and caerse bien/mal means to like/not like someone.
And they say phrasal verbs don't exist in Spanish.
And they say phrasal verbs don't exist in Spanish.
The first two: DARSE CUENTA DE and FIJARSE EN
OK, here's the first one:
Darse cuenta de – fijarse en, notar, observar (to realize, to notice)
Come to think of it, what about:
Fijarse en
Have you noticed the list is growing already!
¿Te has dado cuenta de que la lista esta aumentando ya?
Darse cuenta de – fijarse en, notar, observar (to realize, to notice)
Come to think of it, what about:
Fijarse en
Have you noticed the list is growing already!
¿Te has dado cuenta de que la lista esta aumentando ya?
English Phrasal Verbs
Learning phrasal verbs is the thing many of my students like least about studying English. After all, why should the meaning of a verb be changed by the addition of a preposition, an adverb or a phrase? Why can't a verb like pick (to choose) remain single instead of being mated with other words to give birth to pick up and pick on? Aren't the words collect and tease good enough?
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Sometimes I respond by telling them that as student of Spanish I share their frustration because I have to learn Spanish phrasal verbs. "But," they exclaim, "phrasal verbs do not exist in Spanish!"
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Well, there may not be anything called "verbos frasales" in Spanish grammar textbooks, and the Real Academia Española (the Royal Spanish Academy) may not recognize such a category, but they do indeed exist and I plan on listing some of them here. Fell free to help me by adding ones you come across, either via email or by adding a comment to the most recent post.
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Let's see how many we can turn up, or should I just say how many we can find.
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Chao amig@s,
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Carloz
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Sometimes I respond by telling them that as student of Spanish I share their frustration because I have to learn Spanish phrasal verbs. "But," they exclaim, "phrasal verbs do not exist in Spanish!"
.
Well, there may not be anything called "verbos frasales" in Spanish grammar textbooks, and the Real Academia Española (the Royal Spanish Academy) may not recognize such a category, but they do indeed exist and I plan on listing some of them here. Fell free to help me by adding ones you come across, either via email or by adding a comment to the most recent post.
.
Let's see how many we can turn up, or should I just say how many we can find.
.
Chao amig@s,
.
Carloz
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