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- Castelhano (MĂ©xico)
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When should i use "to" after a verb. Example:
Do you like movies?
Do you listen TO music?
Do you + verb + TO + noun
With what types of verbs is it used "to"?
When should i use "to" after a verb. Example:
Do you like movies?
Do you listen TO music?
Do you + verb + TO + noun
With what types of verbs is it used "to"?
Do you like movies?
Do you listen TO music?
Do you + verb + TO + noun
With what types of verbs is it used "to"?
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- InglĂȘs (EUA)
* I think I missed saying that my question is when is the "to" used after an verb AND before a noun? đ
(verb + to + noun) For example:
Do you like movies? Why is there not a "to"?
Do you listen to music? Why is there a "to"?
Oh, I see. This Is an interesting question! Iâm sorry it took me so long to figure out what you were asking! And I had to think about this one, too.
In English, we use âtoâ in a prepositional phrase following a verb that indicates direction. It doesnât matter if it is a noun or verb that follows.
I listen to music.
I listen to relax.
I walk to school.
I walk to relax.
I think most English speakers donât even think about this and we have just learned it intuitively. And I could not tell you if this is always true without exception. (Perhaps a linguist could!)
I know that you are looking for a set formula on the grammar, but that is the best explanation I can give you. I hope it helps.
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- InglĂȘs (EUA)
Do you go to movies?
Do you listen to music?
Do you walk to the store?
are examples of âtoâ following a verb where the âtoâ that follows the verb becomes a part of a prepositional phrase.
Do you promise to stay?
Do you agree to cook?
Do you refuse to help?
are examples of âtoâ following a verb, and then an infinitive follows âto.â
*What type of verbs use âtoâ?
Is this what you are asking?
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- Castelhano (MĂ©xico)
@lrika "*What type of verbs use âtoâ?"
Yes, exactly. Why some verbs use "to" and others don't? How I know when to use "to" after the verb? đ
Yes, exactly. Why some verbs use "to" and others don't? How I know when to use "to" after the verb? đ
- InglĂȘs (EUA)
Oh, I think I understand what you are asking. There is no set pattern; the same verb can have "to" folllowing it, or not. Itâs not that some verbs will have âtoâ and others donât. It depends on what you want to say, or how you are phrasing a sentence.
For example,
The verb "like"
Do you like movies?
Do you like to go to the movies?
*How do I know when to use âtoâ after a verb?
It just depends on what you want to say.
Do you want to ask someone if they like movies or if they like going to the movie theater to watch movies?
I hope that helps.
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- Castelhano (MĂ©xico)
@lrika I think I missed saying that my question is when the "to" is written after an verb AND before a noun? đ
(verb + to + noun) For example:
Do you like movies? Why is there not "to"?
Do you listen to music? Why is there "to"? đ€
(verb + to + noun) For example:
Do you like movies? Why is there not "to"?
Do you listen to music? Why is there "to"? đ€
- InglĂȘs (EUA)
* I think I missed saying that my question is when is the "to" used after an verb AND before a noun? đ
(verb + to + noun) For example:
Do you like movies? Why is there not a "to"?
Do you listen to music? Why is there a "to"?
Oh, I see. This Is an interesting question! Iâm sorry it took me so long to figure out what you were asking! And I had to think about this one, too.
In English, we use âtoâ in a prepositional phrase following a verb that indicates direction. It doesnât matter if it is a noun or verb that follows.
I listen to music.
I listen to relax.
I walk to school.
I walk to relax.
I think most English speakers donât even think about this and we have just learned it intuitively. And I could not tell you if this is always true without exception. (Perhaps a linguist could!)
I know that you are looking for a set formula on the grammar, but that is the best explanation I can give you. I hope it helps.
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- InglĂȘs (EUA)
By the way, I just looked up the Spanish for âDo you listen to music.âand I see it is much more straightforward! (I would love to learn Spanish one day.) Languages are always so different, I find. (I study Japanese and French and they are both such different languages from English!) But I hope I was able to give you just the general idea of a directional verb to help you in answering your question.
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- Castelhano (MĂ©xico)
@lrika Don't worry! I think I didn't ask my question correctly since the beginning đ
Thank you very much for correcting my mistake đ
Yes, I wanted to know if there is a "formula" for when to use "to" but seems that does not exist đ€ I have also been in the situation of not knowing what to answer to a Spanish grammar question đ
I will continue studying English. Thank you very much for your kind help! đ
Thank you very much for correcting my mistake đ
Yes, I wanted to know if there is a "formula" for when to use "to" but seems that does not exist đ€ I have also been in the situation of not knowing what to answer to a Spanish grammar question đ
I will continue studying English. Thank you very much for your kind help! đ
- Castelhano (MĂ©xico)
@lrika Yes, grammatically "ÂżEscuchas mĂșsica?" maybe is a little easier, but I understand that memorizing the conjugations of all verb tenses in Spanish can be very complicated đ
Do you study French and Japanese? I find languages very interesting đ The phonetics of the Japanese language is very similar to that of Spanish, I think is easy to pronounce it but I know has a very complicated grammar, especially kanji.
I think the only advantage of studying Spanish is that allows you to travel to the south of the continent (and Spain obviously), also gives you an advantage with italian and especially with Portuguese because they are very similar. I can understand many texts in Portuguese even without studying the language đ Italian is more complicated because shares more vocabulary with French.
Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCtg1upDmWs
But definitely, right now, the most useful language to learn is English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZYn4pCycVk
By the way what French music do you like? I would like to know more music in French :)
I only know:
Zaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TFNGRYMz1U
Tiken Jah Fakoly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmUkjZhYOM
Keny Arkana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30hWWb1tuxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJs1tHh_Lg
Do you study French and Japanese? I find languages very interesting đ The phonetics of the Japanese language is very similar to that of Spanish, I think is easy to pronounce it but I know has a very complicated grammar, especially kanji.
I think the only advantage of studying Spanish is that allows you to travel to the south of the continent (and Spain obviously), also gives you an advantage with italian and especially with Portuguese because they are very similar. I can understand many texts in Portuguese even without studying the language đ Italian is more complicated because shares more vocabulary with French.
Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCtg1upDmWs
But definitely, right now, the most useful language to learn is English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZYn4pCycVk
By the way what French music do you like? I would like to know more music in French :)
I only know:
Zaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TFNGRYMz1U
Tiken Jah Fakoly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmUkjZhYOM
Keny Arkana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30hWWb1tuxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJs1tHh_Lg
- InglĂȘs (EUA)
Youâre welcome! :)
I love languages, tooâŠI wish I could learn more of themâŠit is never ending what you can learn though, even in your own language.
Thank you for all the links! I will enjoy going through them!
As for French music, I thank you for those links, tooâŠTiken Jah Fakoly is great! I will definitely look him up and Keny Ariana, too. I have never heard either before.
Zaz is probably my favorite French singer. I really love her work.
I also like Indila.
ï»ż https://youtu.be/K5KAc5CoCuk
I like Apocolyptica (a Finnish metal cello band). They do interesting work, and have a French song I love. (Recorded in English and German, too, but I like the French version the best. En vie.
https://youtu.be/m8OniPvrelo
Recently, Iâve discovered Pamplamoose, an American group, actually, who do all covers. They do some French classics, too. I believe the lead singer has a background in France, as I have read French speakers comment on her impressive French accent. (Zaz has a beautiful cover of this song, tooâŠ)
https://youtu.be/Vol9dZ-t93s
Like you, Iâm in the process of finding French artists and/or French material.
Iâve enjoyed talking with you about language (and trying to figure out my own English!). Keep up the English work. Perhaps one day I will study Spanish, too. (By the way, I did have a Japanese man tell me that he thought Spanish pronunciation was much easier than English. I think there are phonetic similarities between the two languages.)
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