No. 18 - Weekly perífrasis verbales - Practice Exercise: tardar en + infinitivo

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No. 18 - Weekly perífrasis verbales: Practice Exercise: tardar en + infinitivo

(lagging behind or late in doing something that had been planned; it took (a long time to)....

*Note: SilviaC has added this helpful hint for usage on this week's perífrases verbales: SilviaC

“Tardar en” es muy utilizada en español. Expresa que el sujeto se está retrasando en hacer una acción que tenía programada.

'Tardar en' is used a lot in Spanish. It expresses that the subject is lagging behind or late in doing an action that had been planned. It took (a long time) to (verb)....

Example/Ejemplo

Tardé en hacer esta maqueta tres días

It took me three days to make this model.

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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: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.

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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.

*If you missed last week's practice here is the link: No. 17 - soler+ infinitivo

Glad it was of benefit to you Jessica. You are getting to be a regular on the threads. - katydew, Apr 8, 2013

That was a great link on perifrases verbales!! Thanks!! - jessicamccall117, Apr 8, 2013

Nice thread Katy :) - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 8, 2013

Thanks Kiwi. Glad you joined it. - katydew, Apr 8, 2013

Answer 1

Podríamos ir por la costa pero tardaremos más en llegar allí.

We could go via the coast but it will take longer to get there.

¡Estupenda! Es una frase muy bien construida que, además, también funciona muy bien si le quitas el "allí". ¡Muy bien! - SilviaC, Apr 8, 2013

Hi Kiwi. I would always take the coastal route and not worry about time. ;o) - katydew, Apr 8, 2013

Me too Katy, thanx silvia :) - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 8, 2013

Answer 2

A veces yo tardo en hacer mi tareas.

Sometimes I lag behind doing my task.

Hi Gohern. I think you've done all 18 of these. A little typo on the English 'Sometimes' and I think in the Spanish, "tareas". - katydew, Apr 7, 2013

Don't we all! lol - bandit51jd, Apr 7, 2013

Thanks for the correction - gohern, Apr 7, 2013

¡Buena frase! La puedes mejorar sin el "yo" pues aquí se entiende que eres tú quien tarda. :-) - SilviaC, Apr 8, 2013

Answer 3

Aunque yo empiece ahora mismo, tardaré en acabarlo a tiempo.

Even if I start right now, I will not finish it on time.

¡Perfecta! Buena y elegante frase. :-D - SilviaC, Apr 8, 2013

I always forget about the verb 'acabar'. I need to use it more often. - katydew, Apr 8, 2013

Yes, it's a good verb, Katy. :) Gracias por tu ayuda, Silvia. :) - GraceM, Apr 9, 2013

Answer 4

My attempt:

It took us a long time to rake the leaves for our mother!

Tardamos en rastrillar los hojas por nuestras madre!

Oh, shoot, do I need that pesky "a" in there? If so, would it be "por a nuestras madre"? - bandit51jd, Apr 7, 2013

I was just wondering if you needed "para" since she's the recipient or is this for her benefit? We'll see in the morning. - katydew, Apr 7, 2013

I think you are right! I always mix, the two. Yes, we shall see what Silvia says! - bandit51jd, Apr 8, 2013

Bandit, just watch your gender and number - las (f) hojas and nuestra (sing) madre - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 8, 2013

@ Katy - is the Mum the recipient of the raked leaves ie. does she receive the job? or is she the reason why the children are doing the job? I'd say the second choice so I'd choose 'por' ;) Tardamos mucho en rastrillar las hojas por nuestra madre. - - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 8, 2013

Bien. Esta vez la frase es un poco compleja, pero es más sencilla de lo que parece. Yo diría "Tardamos en rastrillar las hojas para nuestra matre". La madre es la que se beneficia de la obra de sus hijos. - SilviaC, Apr 8, 2013

Really? That's interesting Sylvia, would you say that 'por' doesn't work then. My apologies to Katy - when it comes to work being done for someone I would so expect it to be por. - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 8, 2013

Ok so thinking more about this would both work? Por if you were expressing the reason you were doing he job but para if you were focusg on who was going to benefit from your work, making para actually a more logical choice? - - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 8, 2013

Answer 5

Tardaré en terminar el trabajo trabajar si no empiezo ahora.

I will lag behind at work if I don't start now.

I fear I will have many corrections this time. - katydew, Apr 7, 2013

It will be interesting to see if Silvia suggests the use of the subjunctive here? I am still learning so I'm not sure. - bandit51jd, Apr 7, 2013

I was wondering about the subjunctive here too but decided I don't know enough to know. ha. - katydew, Apr 7, 2013

Remember that si is (nearly) never followed by the present subjunctive so I'd go with the indicative. - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 8, 2013

¡Está muy bien construida! Pero puedes mejorarla diciendo "Tardaré en terminar el trabajo si no empiezo ahora". ;-) - SilviaC, Apr 8, 2013

Thanks Silvia, for the correction. I thought I would have more to do. Andd also Kiwi for the suggestion and explanation. - katydew, Apr 8, 2013

Answer 6

Last bump up before No. 19 comes out on Sunday night.

I vote for yew katy lew: ) - Ranman, Apr 13, 2013

Glad you caught it. I usually post on Sunday p.m. Chile time, SilviaC corrects them about the same time in Spain. - katydew, Apr 13, 2013

Answer 7

It took me a long time to sing the song.

Tardé mucho en cantar la canción.

It's the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend.... - katydew, Apr 8, 2013

¡Estupenda frase! La canción debía ser muy larga :-D - SilviaC, Apr 10, 2013

Answer 8

Tardé mucho en encontrar este hilo.

It took me a long time to find this thread.

Only missed 17: ) - Ranman, Apr 13, 2013

You can always go back to it by the link above.. Just send SilviaC a PM and let her know you posted on it. Better late than never. - katydew, Apr 13, 2013

¡Bienvenido a los hilos! ¡Buena frase! :-) - SilviaC, Apr 15, 2013