L’infinito

• L’infinito in inglese si rende con to seguito dalla forma base del verbo;

“To be or not to be” is a quotation from Hamlet

“Essere o non essere” è una citazione da amleto

• La forma interrogativa si ottiene premettendo not all’infinito stesso.

• Le preposizioni semplici di, a da e per, che in italiano possono essere precedere un infinito non sono mai espresse in Inglese

I am here to play with Brian

Sono qui per giocare con Brian

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• An infinitive is the simple present form of a verb used as either a noun, adjective, or adverb. The verb of the infinitive is normally preceded by the word to.

• When the infinitive follows some verbs as the direct object, the to may be dropped an infinitive phrase is the infinitive plus any complements and any modifiers of the infinitive and complements.

As a Noun: He helped to write the program.

As an Adjective: Lydia was looking for a way to earn money.

As an Adverb: He shouted to get our attention.

To Dropped: He helped write the program.