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A verbal periphrasis (las perífrasis verbales), also known as a verbal structure, is a grammatical structure that consists of two or more verbs that take on a new meaning when used together.
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Dec 19, 2022 · Sometimes these structures have a preposition, a conjunction or a group of words working as connectives after the auxiliary verb and they ...
In Spanish, a verbal periphrasis is a verbal construction made of two verb forms, a conjugated form and an impersonal form (an infinitive, a present ...
Dec 3, 2011 · Perífrasis verbal "ir a" is roughly the same as "going to" in English: we primarily use it when talking about the immediate future.
Sep 17, 2021 · It's similar in Spanish. A verbal periphrasis, or a verbal structure, is a combination of two or more verbs that take on a new meaning. It ...
Oct 31, 2016 · Perífrasis modales (Modal periphrases): Those that indicate the speaker's opinion or stance regarding the action expressed by the verb (things ...
In Spanish, a periphrasis is a special construction with at least two verbs (and sometimes other words) that behave as a group like a single verb would.
Nov 14, 2022 · Learn everything you need to know about verbal periphrasis in Spanish: their form, their meanings, their classification and many examples.
In Spanish we form a verbal periphrasis to express a single idea by using two verbs in the same sentence, in a similar way in English we use Phrasal verbs.