Prepositions: TO & FOR

Opinião de Alexander Vieira:

É fundamental pensar na frase e não em palavras soltas. Creio que seja fundamental saber qual preposição acompanha determinado verbo, no início parece a velha "decoreba", mas funcionamos no automático com as preposições, não há como pensar em regras enquanto falamos com alguém. Fazemos o mesmo em português, sabemos que uma casa fica NA Lapa ou EM Copacabana... não escolhemos tais preposições no ato de falar por lembrarmos de regras.

Recomendo dirigir o estudo de estruturas, por exemplo:

talk TO sb (somebody) ABOUT sth (something)

give sb sth
or
give sth to sb

be tired of sth/sb

be good at sth ....

Bons dicionários já trazem as palavras estruturadas desta forma.

Assim pensamos de forma mais automática na estrutura e não na palavra isolada.
Envie seu comentário sobre sua experiência de estudo com preposições.

Espero que este post contribua de alguma forma na maneira como você conduz seus estudos.

Abraço a todos
Alexander Vieira

Uma pequena lista de como devemos organizar um estudo de preposições, sempre com exemplos para fixarmos o vocabulário em questão:


accuse someone of something
"He accused her of stealing."

agree with someone / something
"I agree with you - you are absolutely right."

agree to do something
"She agreed to wait for him."

agree on something
"We've agreed on all the major points."

apply for
"I'm going to apply for a new job."

apologise for something
"She apologised for being late."

ask someone to do something
"She asked him to do the shopping for her."

ask someone for something
"She asked her boss for a day off."

believe in
"I believe in hard work."

belong to
"This pen belongs to me."

blame someone for doing something
"He blamed her for driving too fast."

blame something on someone
"He blamed the accident on her."

borrow something from someone
"He borrowed some money from the bank."

care about something
"I don't care about money."

care for someone
"She really cares for her grandmother."

take care of something / someone
"Please take care of yourself on holiday."

complain to someone (about something)
"He complained to her about the food."

concentrate on something
"The student concentrated on her homework."

congratulate someone on doing something
"He congratulated her on passing her exam."

consist of something
"The department consists of five people."

depend on someone
"She depended on her friends for support."

provide someone with something
"They provide families with housing."

regard someone as
"She regarded her sister as her best friend."

rely on someone / something
"Can I rely on you to get the shopping?"

search for someone / something
"The police searched the building for bombs."

spend money / time on
"I spent all my money on books as a student."

think about someone / something
"I think about you all the time."

think about / of doing something
"I'm thinking about / of buying a new car."

think of something
"I've just thought of a new idea."
"What do you think of the new magazine?"

translate from something into something else
"Don't translate from English into French."





por Alexander Vieira