No. 47 - Weekly perífrasis verbales: Practice Exercise: Traer + Participio
No. 47 - Weekly perífrasis verbales: Practice Exercise: Traer + Participio
Note well - this week's perífrases verbales starts with the word traer then adds a participio form of another verb. Did you forget what a participio is? Here's a little help from the grammar section of this site: participio
Traer + participio -> to bring about something or to bring with it ....
Traer + participio
Examples/Ejemplos
La afirmación de Susana trae aparejada cierta tristeza.
(Susana's statement brings with it a certain sadness.)
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A ‘perífrasis verbal’ is a structure with a helping verb plus an ‘infinitivo’ or a ‘gerundio’ (verb that ends in ar, er, ir).
More info on perifrasis verbales: a helpful link
Good link to explain perifrases verbales: great link by another SD contributor
Let’s practice a few of these in simple sentences. Here are the rules:
1.One sentence per post.
2.Use the ‘perífrasis verbal’ for this week in a sentence in Spanish. Then write it in English.
3.You may post one image to illustrate your sentence.
SilviaC will be the corrector for the Spanish. I will help out on the English. SilviaC ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Una “perífrasis verbal” tiene una estructura con un verbo auxiliar y un “infinitivo” o “gerundio”.
Vamos a practicar un poco estas estructuras en oraciones simples. Estas son las reglas:
1.Una oración por respuesta
2.Usa la perífrasis verbal escogida para esta semana y escribe una oración con ella en español y en inglés.
3.Puedes usar una imagen para ilustrar tu respuesta.
SilviaC será la correctora de español. Yo ayudaré con el inglés.
New link I've found recently: new link with additional info *If you missed last week's practice here is the link: No. 46 - distar mucho de infinitivo
9 Answers
El estudiante trajo escrito su reporte.
The student brought his report in written form. Or: The student brought a written report.
I hope I understood this correctly, Katy.
The speech brought about illumination of the subject.
El discurso trajo aclarado iluminado del tema.
This phrase sounds awkward even in English. Though I'm probably doing it wrong 
Esta arma nuclear nos traerá destruido a todos nosotros.
This nuclear missile will bring about the destruction of us all.
In English I'd relegate this to a more formal style of speech.writing. Is it the same in Spanish?
Katy, Here are a few more examples. Please check my English.
El niño trae derretido el cono de nieve en su mano.
The boy is carrying his melted ice cream cone in his hand.
Yo traigo pegada en mi mente una canción que escuché en la radio desde ayer.
I have a song stuck in my head that I heard yesterday on the radio.
Mi papá trajo acarreados sus toros desde su rancho hasta la ciudad.
My father brought his bulls hauled from his ranch to the city.
Wow. This is tough. It is easy to pair traer with nouns but with a verb... Not so easy.
- La falta de lluvia trajo la hambruna. (noun)
The lack of rain bought famine.
La falta de lluvia trajo cambiado en el curso del río. (verb) But very ackward.
The lack of rain brought about change in the course of the river.
I would just use the past tense, ie. changed the course of the river.
The storm is approaching quickly and will bring with it huge amounts of rain.
La tormenta se acerca rápidamente y traerá aparejada enormes cantidades de lluvia.
El noche trajo soñado a la casa.
The night brought dreams with it to the house?? The night brought dreaming to the house??
Quite confusing. Are there any more examples or guidelines?
El juego de reparación trae incluido todo lo que necesitas para arreglar la máquina.
The repair kit comes with everything you need to put the machine in order.
Bumping this up for any last minute corrections or additional posts before Sunday's new phrase.
