UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS REGIONES AUTONOMAS

DE LA COSTA CARIBE NICARAGÜENCE

URACCAN - LAS MINAS

GRAMMAR II

Author: Lic. Gema Massiel Gosden López

Siuna, May 2023

PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs is compound of a verb and a particle:

Verb + preposition

Example: Give up

dar hacia arriba

(rendirse)
Do not give up!
Do not surrender!
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Phrasal verbs is compound of a verb and an Adverb

Verb + Adverb
Example: come back

Venir atrás
(regresar)
I usually come back late.
I usually return late
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Verb + particle
Come back put on look after find out
(regresar) (ponerse algo) (cuidar de) ( averiguar)
Look up take off break up run away
(Mejorar) (retirarse algo) (romper) (escapar)
Run up against put up with
(Enfrentar, afrontar) (tolerar )
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Many phrasal verbs are transitive. They have objects that resive the action
Example:
turn off pick up
(apagar) (recoger)
I always turn off the light
Yo siempre apago la luz
She picks up my brothers
Ella recoge a mis hermanos
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 There are separable and inseparable

 Separable :
turn off pick up
(apagar) (recoger)
Inseparable
Look after get over
(Cuidar de) (superar)
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Phrasal verb separable and inseparable

separables
Turn off pick up
I always turn off the light she picks up my brothers
I always turn the light off she picks my brothers up
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 Phrasal verb separable and inseparable

Inseparables
Look after get over
Can you look after my cat? We can get over this
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 Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. They do not have an object. They are
always inseparable.
Example:
Break down run away
(averiarse) (escapar)
It broke down
Esto se averió
We have to run away
Nosotros tenemos que huir
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The intransitive phrasal verbs are inseparable

It broke down
Esto se averió
We have to run away
Nosotros tenemos que huir
I usually come back late
They Wake up early
Ellos despiertan temprano
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 We need to now that some phrasal verb have three parts

Example:
run up against put up with look up to
(enfrentar, afrontar) (tolerar) (admirar)
 Remerber that almost every phrasal verbs have a synonimus that is a normal verb.
Example:
Come in enter
Entra entra
My sister look up to you my sister admire you
Mi hermana te admira mi hermana te admira
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 The phrasal verbs have more that one meaning

 Example:
pick up
(Mejorar, recoger)
My Father´s business is picking up
I have to pick his up
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 Some phrasal verbs can be transitive or intransitive according the meaning

Example:
Pick up
Mejorar = intransitive, so it is inseparable
Pick up
recoger= transitive, so it is separable and inseparable
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 Recommendable learn the phrasal verb by context

Example
Pick up
Mejorar
To talk about health we cannot use pick up=mejorar
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 Sometimes the verb and the particle will give us a clue to the meaning
Example
Call back get away

Llamar atrás conseguir lejos

Devolver la llamada alejarse
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