The Infinitive Frolova Svetlana group 217 The Infinitive

The Infinitive Frolova Svetlana group 217

The Infinitive Forms of the Infinitive The functions of the Infinitive Complex object Complex subject Bare Infinitive The for-to-infinitive construction

Forms of the Infinitive Next NB! After: happy, sorry, glad etc. we use Perf. Forms show that the action have already done. Ex.: I’m glad to have helped you – Я рад, что помог вам Simp. Forms – to show that the action is going to take place. Ex.: I’m happy to help you – Я рад буду вам помочь

The functions of the Infinitive Next

Complex object: We usually use Complex object after: Next Subject + Pred + Object + Inf

Complex subject: Subject + Pred + Inf Next

Bare Infinitive Next The infinitive without “to”. We use it:

The-for-to-infinitive-construction Next