Grammar 33: Las expresiones ¿verdad? / yo también / yo tampoco
La expresión ¿verdad?
En expresiones afirmativas, con verbos como to be, to have, can, must... se repite dicho verbo en forma contraída, seguido del pronombre que corresponde.
- She is beautiful, isn't she?. He was here, wasn't he?. Her mother was there, wasn't she?. These boys are spanish, aren't they?
En oraciones afirmativas sin verbos especiales (defectivos o anómalos) se emplean don't, doesn't, didn't, según el tiempo y persona, seguido del pronombre que corresponde.
- You understand english, don't you?. That girl translatates the letter into english, doesn't she?.
You sister spoke to him, didn't she?
En oraciones negativas se repite el verbo especial (defectivos o anómalos) en la forma afirmativa, seguido del pronombre que corresponde.
- She isn't ugly, is she?. Their father wasn't there, was he?. That girl doesn't speak english, does she?. Your sister didn't write the letter, did she?
° Si la oración es afirmativa, ¿verdad? es negativo y viceversa
° Si en la oración hay un verbo especial, ha de repetirse éste en la forma afirmativa o negativa, según el caso. Si no hay verbo especial hay que emplear don't, doesn't o didn't.
° Detrás del verbo especial se repite el sujeto por medio del pronombre personal y en las formas equivalentes a 'hay', 'había'... se repite there. There are two rooms here, aren't there?
Yo también, yo tampoco
En la segunda parte se repite el verbo especial y si no lo hay se emplea do, does o did, precedido de so o neither
- You have a car, and so have I
- I am going on holiday, and so are they
- I am not reading the newspaper, neither are you
- He cannot play tennis, neither can I
- He studies english, and so does Mary
- She did't speak on the telephone, neither did he
Vocabulario
clever | to cross | to declare | frontier | to intend | luggage | to mention | to pass | used
Expresions
To costums | A pair of binoculars | To do some shopping
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