Cornell Notes Exp Followed By Infinitives

Cornell Notes: p. 64 some expressions followed by infinitives Topics Deber

Notes The verb deber means should, or ought to Deber: should, ought to Debo debemos Debes debéis Debe deben Deber can be followed by an infinitive to say that someone should do something. Example: Rodney debe estudiar. Rodney should study.

Tener que

Tener que followed by an infinitive means to have to do something. Tener: to have (a santa claus boot verb) Tengo tenemos Tienes tenéis Tiene tienen Example: DJ tiene que estudiar. DJ has to study.

Me/te/le/nos/os/les toca

The expression me toca + infinitive means it’s my turn to… Me toca Nos toca It’s my turn to It’s our turn Te toca Os toca It’s your turn to It’s yall’s turn Le toca Les toca It’s his/her turn to It’s their turn Example: Le toca a Spiff barrer el piso. It’s Spiff’s turn to sweep the floor.

Hay que

Hay que means one must. Example: Hay que estudiar mucho en la clase de español. One must study a lot in Spanish class.

Hacer el favor de

Hacer el favor de literally translated means: to do the favor of. Haz is the command form. Loosely translated it means “please.” Example: Nisha, Hazme el favor de escribir los apuntes. Nisha, Please write the notes.