CONJUGATED VERBS + INFINITVES Profe Kimbrough – Spanish 3 - WHS

Conjugated verbs + Infinitives  If a verb is conjuagted and followed immediately by another verb, the second verb is always…  LEFT IN THE INFINITIVE  If there is a “que”, that signifies a change in subject and will trigger the  SUBJUNCTIVE  Sometimes, there will be a prepostion after the conjugated verb, but the second verbs will still be left in the infinitive

Ejemplos  Acabar de  To have just  Tratar de  To try to  Ir a  Going to  Empezar a  To start to  Aprender a  To learn to  Insistir en  To insist on  Dejar de  To stop  Soñar con  To dream of

Ejemplos  Pensar en  To think about  Ponerse a  To begin to  Ayudar a  To help to  Comenzar a  To start to

Práctica Tranduzcan… 1. I just left. 2. She thinks about failing. 3. Do you dream about dying? (morbid, sorry) 4. They try to pass. 5. We start to take notes.