GRAMMATICAL INTRODUCTION
| resistirse "resist" | venir "come" |
| subir "go up, come up" | volver "return, come back" |
| tornar "return, do again" | |
The preposition de is normally used to introduce an infinitive after the following verbs:
| acabar "finish, have just . . ." |
| acordarse "remember (to)" |
| cansarse "get tired (of)" |
| cesar "stop" |
| dejar "stop, fail (to)" |
| guardarse "take care not (to)" |
| haber "have (to), be going (to)" |
| olvidarse "forget (to)" |
| quejarse "complain (of)" |
| tratar "try (to)"; (reflexive) "be a question (of)" |
The preposition en is used after the following (and other) verbs:
| complacerse "take pleasure (in)" | insistir "insist (on)" |
| consentir "consent (to)" | pensar "think (of, about)" |
| consistir "consist (of)" | persistir "persist (in)" |
| convenir "agree (to)" | tardar "delay (in)" |
| empeñarse "insist (on)" | |
4.A clause: Antes venía porque me obligaban. "I used to come because they forced me to."
2.5Adverb phrases are normally of the structure modifier + head, with the modifier another adverb: muy bien "very well". An adverb phrase with más "more" or menos "less" as modifier has the meaning of the English comparative or superlative of an adverb: más tarde "later"; menos bien "less well".
Phrases consisting of preposition + noun, pronoun, or verb may also be used adverbially: en el zaguán saludó a la portera "he greeted the janitress in the main entrance".
2.6Preposition phrases normally consist of an adverb (or equivalent phrase) followed by a preposition: junto a' "together with"; a pesar de "in spite of".
2.61Prepositional phrases are used in Spanish where in English two or more nouns can be combined to form compound nouns[1]: máquina de coser "sewing machine"; ropa para caballeros "men's wear"; neumático de repuesto "spare tire".
2.7Conjunction phrases usually consist of an adverb or preposition or equivalent phrase followed by a subordinate conjunction (normally que "that"): para que "in order that"; sin que "without".
IV. Clause Structure
3.0The clause is the basic unit of the sentence in Spanish as in English. Clauses are either major or minor; major clauses are the customary normal
- ↑ In Spanish there are only a few genuine compounds of the type of ferrocarril "railroad", radiodifusión "broadcasting", which generally have an initial member ending in -o.
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