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Linked Verbs (Ms. Hernández calls this the TOOLBOX!!!)

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tener que                         ir a                           GUSTAR, ENCANTAR***

³deber                              necesitar                 odiar                   

esperar                     ⁴pensar (ie)            poder (ue)

preferir (ie)                     querer (ie)                saber                                     

tener que                         volver a (ue)          soñar con 

¹olvidarse de                  desear                      prometer

“Linked verbs” are verbs governed by the same subject and which are used together without any punctuation or conjunction (such as “and” or “or”). This happens frequently in Spanish, and only the first of the two verbs may be conjugated; the second verb may be an infinitive or a gerund (-ndo form). There is no simple hard and fast rule as to how these verbs are joined together, and the situation is complicated by the fact that some verbs can be used in various ways, at times with various meanings, depending on which preposition if any intervenes. Nevertheless, a few generalizations may help when these linkages occur:

1. Verbs meaning “to begin” and verbs of movement towards someplace or goal are normally followed by a plus an infinitive.
2. Verbs meaning “to stop” or “to finish” are normally followed by de plus an infinitive.
3. Modals (e.g., “should”, “can”, “may”) are normally followed by an infinitive with no intervening preposition.
4. Verbs meaning “to continue” are normally followed by the -ndo form, with no preposition.

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1. Verbs which are followed by an infinitive with no intervening preposition:

2agradar		to please (to like)
amenazar		to threaten to
anhelar		to be eager to, to long to, to yearn to
3deber		must, should, ought to
1decidir		to decide to
desear		to desire to, to want to
detestar		to detest
2doler (ue)		to hurt, to ache
esperar		to hope to, to expect to
2gustar		to please (to like)
2importar		to matter, to be important
intentar		to try to
lamentar		to lament, to regret
lograr		to manage to, to succeed in
2molestar		to bother
necesitar		to need to
odiar		to hate to
1olvidar		to forget to
parecer		to seem to, to appear to
4pensar (ie)		to plan to, to intend to
poder (ue)		to be able to, can, may
preferir (ie, i)		to prefer to
prometer		to promise to
querer (ie)		to want to
rehusar		to refuse to
saber		to know how to
sentir (ie, i)		to regret, feel sorry for
soler (ue)		to be accustomed to, to be used to
1 Note that the reflexive form is followed by a preposition plus an infinitive, but the non-reflexive form is followed by an infinitive without a preposition.      2 With verbs used like gustar, the following infinitive is technically the subject of the verb; therefore, no intervening preposition can be used.      3 Deber may also be used with de plus an infinitive, particularly when it indicates conjecture.      4 Pensar may be followed by en plus an infinitive when it means “to think about” (i.e, to ponder something) or by de plus an infinitive when it means “to have an opinion about”.

1. Verbs followed by a plus an infinitive:

   acostumbrarse a		to become accustomed to
   aprender a		to learn how to
   aspirar a		to aspire to
   atreverse a		to dare to, to be so bold as to
   ayudar a		to help to
   comenzar a (ie)		to begin to, to start to
   contribuir a		to contribute to
   correr a		to run to
   1decidirse a		to decide to, to make up one's mind to
   dedicarse a		to dedicate oneself to, to devote oneself to
   echarse a		to start to, to burst out (doing something)
   empezar a (ie)		to begin to, to start to
   enseñar a		to teach how to
   invitar a		to invite to
   ir a		to go to, to be going to
   llegar a		to come to
   negarse a (ie)		to refuse to
   prepararse a		to prepare to
   ponerse a		to start to, to set about to
   salir a		to go out to, to leave to
   venir a (ie, i)		to come to
   volver a (ue)		to do something again
   1 Note that the reflexive form is followed by a preposition plus an infinitive, but the non-reflexive form is followed by an infinitive without a preposition.

2. Verbs followed by de plus an infinite:

   acabar de		to have just (done something)
   acordarse de (ue)		to remember
   alegrarse de		to be happy to
   arrepentirse de (ie, i)		to regret, to repent of
   cansarse de		to tire of, to grow tired of
   dejar de		to stop (doing something)
   depender de (ie)		to depend on
   jactarse de		to boast of
   1olvidarse de		to forget
   parar de		to stop (doing something)
   pensar de (ie)		to think about (i.e., to have an opinion about)
   quejarse de		to complain of
   terminar de		to finish, to stop (doing something)
   tratar de		to try to
   1 Note that the reflexive form is followed by a preposition plus an infinitive, but the non-reflexive form is followed by an infinitive without a preposition.

3. Verbs followed by en plus an infinitive:

   consistir en		to consist of
   convenir en (ie, i)		to agree to
   insistir en		to insist on
   pensar en (ie)		to think about (i.e, to contemplate doing something)
   tardar en		to delay in

4. Verbs followed by con plus an infinitive:

   amenazar con		to threaten with/to
   contar con (ue)		to count on
   soñar con (ue)		to dream of/about

5. Verbs followed by por plus an infinitive:

   acabar por		to end up (doing something)
   terminar por		to end up (doing something)

6. Verbs followed by que plus an infinitive:

   hay que		to have to, must (used impersonally)
   tener que		to have to

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8. Verbs which are followed by the gerund (-ndo form), with no intervening preposition. This group includes verbs meaning “to continue”, estar (used in the progressive tenses), several verbs of motion (to go somewhere doing something) and verbs meaning “to finish” (to end up doing something).

   acabar + -ndo		to end up, finish up (by doing something)
   andar + -ndo		to walk, to go around (doing something)
   continuar + -ndo		to continue to, to continue (doing something)
   entrar + -ndo		to enter, to go in (doing something)
   estar + -ndo		to be (doing something)
   ir + -ndo		to go (doing something)
   salir + -ndo		to go out, to leave (doing something)
   seguir + -ndo (i, i)		to keep on (doing something), to continue to
   terminar + -ndo		to end up, finish up (doing something)
   venir + -ndo (ie)		to come (doing something)

9. Special case: (Im)personal expressions involving ser plus an adjective.

   When used impersonally, expressions with ser plus an adjective are normally followed by an infinitive, with no intervening preposition:

   Es fácil leer.		It's easy to read.
   Es difícil describir a mi madre.		It's difficult to describe my mother.

   However, when this type of expression is used to modify something specific (rather than an impersonal “it”), de is used before the infinitive. This occurs most frequently with fácil and difícil.

   ¿Este libro? Es fácil de leer.		This book? It's easy to read.
   Mi madre es dificil de describir.		My mother is hard to describe.

10. Alphabetized list of the verbs given above in Sections I - VIII.

    acabar + -ndo    to end up (doing something) acabar de + inf. to have just (done something) acabar por + inf. to end up by acordarse de + inf. to remember to amenazar + inf. to threaten to amenazar con + inf. to threaten with anhelar + inf. to long to acostumbrarse a + inf. to be used to alegrarse de + inf. to be happy to aprender a + inf. to learn how to arrepentirse de + inf. to repent of aspirar a + inf. to aspire to atreverse a + inf. to dare to, be so bold as to ayudar a + inf. to help to cansarse de + inf. to get tired of comenzar a + inf. to begin to consistir en + inf. to consist of contar con + inf. to count on continuar + -ndo to continue to contribuir a + inf. to contribute to convenir en + inf. to agree to correr a + inf. to run to deber + inf. must, should, to ought to deber de + inf. must, should decidir + inf. to decide to decidirse a + inf. to make up ones mind to dedicarse a + inf. to dedicate oneself to dejar de + inf. to stop depender de + inf. to depend on desear + inf. to desire to detestar + inf. to detest doler + inf. to hurt to echarse a + inf. to bust out, start to empezar a + inf. to begin to enseñar a + inf. to teach how to entrar + -ndo to go in (doing something) esperar + inf. to hope to, expect to estar + -ndo to be (doing something) gustar + inf. to be pleasing [=like] to hay que + inf. have to importar + inf. to be important to insistir en + inf. to insist on intentar + inf. to try to

    invitar a + inf.    to invite to ir + -ndo to go along (doing something) ir a + inf. to be going to jactarse de + inf. to brag about lamentar + inf. to lament lograr + inf. to manage to llegar a + inf. to come to molestar + inf. to bother necesitar + inf. to need to negarse a + inf. to refuse to odiar + inf. to hate to olvidar + inf. to forget to olvidarse de + inf. to forget to parar de + inf. to stop (doing something) parecer + inf. to seem to pensar + inf. to plan to, intend to pensar de + inf. to think about (=have an opinion about) pensar en + inf. to thing about (= to consider) poder + inf. can, to be able to ponerse a + inf. to start to, set about to preferir + inf. to prefer to prepararse a + inf. to prepare to prometer + inf. to promise to quejarse de + inf. to complain about querer + inf. to want to rehusar + inf. to refuse to saber + inf. to know how to salir + -ndo to go out (doing something) salir a + inf. to go out to seguir + -ndo to keep on (doing something) sentir + inf. to regret soler + inf. to be used to, to usually soñar con + inf. to dream of tardar en + inf to delay in, take time to tener que + inf. to have to terminar + -ndo to end up (doing something) terminar de + inf. to stop terminar por + inf. to end up (doing something) tratar de + inf. to try to venir + -ndo to come (doing something) venir a + inf. to come to volver a + inf. to return to, to (do something) again

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