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be + -ing = something ongoing, continuing
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She was writing
a letter
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Hon höll
på att skriva ett brev
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She sat writing
a letter
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Hon
satt och skrev ett brev
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Are you going someplace? |
Är du på väg någonstans (=till något särskilt ställe)? |
What's happening? |
Vad står på? / Vad (är det som)
händer? |
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Will there be a person running this tomorrow as well? |
Kommer någon att (hålla på med att) sköta detta imorgon också? |
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Will you be riding on Friday as well? |
Kommer du att hålla på och rida (vara ridande) på fredag också? |
Are you playing
tennis
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Spelar du tennis
hela dagen
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Will you be
playing tennis
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Kommer du att
hålla på med
att spela
tennis
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He won't be
riding his
bike
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Han kommer
inte att
hålla på
och köra
(vara
körande)
sin cykel
(alt. mc) |
What in
the
world
were you
doing
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Vad i
hela
friden
höll
du på
med
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Were
you
playing
one
of
your
computer
games
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Höll
du
på
och
spelade
ett
av
dina
datorspel
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What was he doing all day? |
Vad höll han på med hela dagen (den dagen, t ex igår)? |
What has she been doing all day? |
Vad har hon hållit på med hela dagen (idag)? |
Alltså, prep + "attuttryck" i svenskan = ingform i engelskan MEG=
Modern engelsk grammatik, Hargeviks, §§190-197 |
…intresserad av att… = interested in …-ing…förtjust i att…= fond of …-ing …säker på att…= sure of …-ing Engelsk gram, Elfstrand-Gabrielsson, § 261 |
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He hurried along eagerly for fear of being late. |
Han skyndade sig av rädsla att komma för sent. |
He's seems mainly interested in riding a motorcycle this week. |
Han verkar vara mest (=huvudsakligen) intresserad av |
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Efter vissa verb i engelskan följer alltid (=skall alltid följa) -ingform
MEG, Svartvik-Sager §4.74 Hargevik, §193 |
You must avoid smoking at all times! They all enjoy skiing at Easter. They sat talking for hours forgetting all about the buried and the maimed. |
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Gee, I sure enjoy cruising around like this, with no particular place to go, |
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Don't stop doing the things you do! |
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Efter vissa adjektiv i engelskan följer alltid (=skall alltid följa) -ingform |
They were busy reading love letters from behind the Iron Curtain, |
It's no good booking seat reservations at this point, |
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Efter vissa uttryck följer -ingform |
The book is well worth reading, |
It is (of) no use… |
As we have come to this agreement finally, |
It's no good even trying for more, as long as… |
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When you make a verb into a noun |
Substantiverade verb |
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fly > flying
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Swedish = flyga> flygning |
cry > crying Crying doesn't amount to anything in my book. Crying is for kids and widows. |
Swedish = gråta> gråt |
drive > driving |
Swedish = köra bil >bilkörning |
Driving isn't one of those things anybody gets to be good at, |
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ride a bike, ride a motorcycle & yes, you ride a horse |
cykla, köra motorcykel |
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He must avoid offending the voters. |
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Paterson is considering resigning. |
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