La tavola mostra
alcuni verbi che possono essere utilizzati con il gerundio o
con l' infinito, ma con un leggero mutamento di significato.
| Verbo |
+ Gerundio |
+ Infinito |
| to forget |
dimenticare |
pensare
a qualche cosa |
| |
I'll never forget travelling South America. |
You should not forget to paint the fence. |
| to go on |
continuare
con qualche cosa |
fare un'altra cosa |
| |
After eating dinner they went on discussing. |
Having watched TV for two hours they went on to listen to music. |
| to mean |
significare |
avere
intenzione di fare qualche cosa |
| |
To be a boss means having a lot of work. |
I didn't mean to hurt you. |
| to regret |
pentirsi
di non aver fatto qualche cosa |
pentirsi
di dover fare qualche cosa |
| |
She regrets not having talked to him. |
She regrets to tell you that you didn't get the job. |
| to remember |
ricordarsi di aver fatto
qualche cosa (veda to
forget) |
pensare
a qualche cosa (veda to
forget) |
| |
I always remember travelling to Italy. |
He didn't remember to talk to his boss. |
| to stop |
smettere
di fare qualche cosa |
smettere |
| |
Please stop watching TV. |
He stopped to watch a plane in the air. |
| to try |
tentare qualche cosa |
tentare |
| |
We even tried running to lose weight. |
We tried to lose weight (by running). |
