Llevaralso commonly occurs with a gerund, but since this cannot be used
negatively it is replaced by sin+ infinitive or one of the patterns in 11.4.1.2
or 11.4.2.Llevaba dos años viviendo en esta casa.
He had been living in this house for two years.Llevo muchos años sin jugar al rugby.
I have not played rugby for many years.
Note: An alternative construction in Latin America uses tener: Tengo/Tenía dos
años en Panamá[LA] ‘I have/had been in Panama for two years’.Verbs like gustar
There are a number of verbs whose basic meaning in Spanish may be
conveyed in a rather different form in English. For example, gustar which
is probably the most common of them basically means ‘to please’, ‘to be
pleasing’ but is used to translate ‘to like’:Me gusta caminar.
I like walking.A mí me gusta, pero tal vez a ti no.
I like it, but maybe you don’t.What is common to all these verbs is that the English subject is represented
in Spanish as the indirect object, whereas the English direct object becomes
the Spanish subject.In Spanish the subject may be a noun, an infinitive, a clause or merely ‘it’
conveyed by the 3rd person of the verb:Me gustan tus zapatos.
I like your shoes (your shoes are pleasing to me).Nos gusta cenar temprano.
We like having supper early (having supper early pleases us).No me gusta que vuelvas tan tarde.
I don’t like you coming back so late (the fact that you come back
so late doesn’t please me).Nos gusta.
We like it (it pleases us).11.5
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