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54 - Verbs of movement in English and Spanish/Verbos indicando movimiento en inglés y español

from Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

R. E. Batchelor
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Miguel Ángel San José
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
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Summary

Below is a passage narrating the exploits Superman is capable of, although today is a rest day. Note how the concept of movement is expressed in this piece, sometimes quite differently from the English.

Avanzó a gran velocidad atravesando el cielo (He sped across the sky) hasta plantarse retador (defiant) sobre un tejado de Metrópolis. Allá abajo la gente cruzaba la calle tranquilamente frente al Daily Planet, y los niños corrían tras la pelota en el patio del colegio. Un avión en lo alto surcaba (was flying through) el azul sin problemas. Todo estaba tranquilo; no tendría que detener al avión en su caída, ni volar apresuradamente a través de campo y ciudad (race across town and country), para reparar los raíles de un tren circulando a toda velocidad (speeding along), a punto de precipitarse en el vacío. De repente notó con sus superpoderes que alguien se acercaba a hurtadillas (creeping up to him). Era su amada (Lois Lane) que decía: –Anoche volviste a casa cojeando (hobbled back home). Deja de soñar que eres Superman. Te quiero como lo que eres: como un abejorro (bumblebee) normal.

Differences between verbs of movement in English and Spanish

An important difference between the Spanish and English verbal systems concerns the way in which expressions of movement are analyzed and treated in the two languages.

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