preocupar, gustar construction?
If I am trying to say that "I was worried about my chances of survival" would I use a gustar-like construction and how would I conjugate preocupar? Gracias por la ayuda
4 Answers
Me preocupé por.... I worried about
Estaba preocupado por ... I was worried about
Estuve preocupado por...
Imperfect/preterite depends on context.
I'm curious about the gustar reference. Did you mean, should it be something like:
My chances of survival were worrisome to me? (intransitive)
Me preocupa tu madre.
And, madre is the subject then? Just as with gustar? Interesting. And this use of preocupar is not pronomial as was my example, I think. Therefore, the me would mean simply me and be a direct object. "Your mother worries me."
But are there some rules for when the subject should follow the verb as opposed to preceding it?
would I use a gustar-like construction
Interesting question, student, as this is actually possible, as you can see very advanced students like Izan and Quentin had their doubts
Me preocupa tu madre. -----gustar construction
Here the verb preocupar is conjugated without a preposition.
I think it would come out like...
I was worried myself about my chances of survival
Me estaba precupado por mis posibilidades de supervivencia.
would I use a gustar-like construction
I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you mean is it usually preceded by pronouns like me or te, then yes. But, you should know that in reference to gustar, the pronouns me, te, le, etc. are indirect object pronouns and mean to me, to you, to him, and so forth.
But, in the case of preocupar, they are reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, etc.) and mean myself, yourself, himself and such.
