"To" Usado con verbos. Nivel: INTERMEDIO-ALTO. Explicación en español para todos los lectores. EL uso de la preposición “To” con verbos.

La preposición “TO” tiene dos usos, como preposición (1) y con verbos (2). En esta ocasión profundizaremos en el uso con los verbos.

1. PREPOSICIÓN: Go TO the table.

2. INFINITIVO de un verbo: I want to eat.

Como infinitivo lo usamos para separar dos verbos.

She needs to study.I need help to finish this homework.I would like to have a big house.This is designed to help you study.

A veces tenemos un agente adicional, un objeto que recibirá una acción.

I want YOU to call the doctor.(You es el objeto del enunciado al recibir la acción, la orden. –me, you, him, her, it, us, them son Objet Pronouns-)

I need you to study more.He urged me to finish the report.

Con ciertos verbos –Make, help, let, hear, see- vamos a omitir este “TO”.

He made me repeat the exercise. -No- He made me to repeat the exercise.Her parents won’t let her stay out late. -No- Her parents won’t let her to stay out late.I heard him play in the concert yesterday. -No- I heard him to play in the concert yesterday.Please help me learn more. -No- Please help me to learn more.

Otros errores típicos.

Recuerden que con Modals (can, could, may, might, will, would, should, must, shall) no usamos “TO”.

I must work a lot. -No- I must to work a lot.He can play tennis. -No- He can to play tennis.They must help us. -No- They must to help us.