| 17.2 verbs of change - an overview on the system |
| volverse | ponerse | hacerse | convertirse en | quedarse | resultar* | llegar a ser | |||
| subject person | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| subject thing | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| psychic change | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
| issue change | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| process is definitive | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| process is changeable | yes | yes | |||||||
| change is sudden | yes | yes | yes |
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| change is slow | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| knowingly | yes | yes | |||||||
| just happened | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| adjective to follow | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| noun to follow | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| emphasis on processes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
| emphasis on result | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
* resultar is a special case because it can be translated also with to result and then a 1:1 translation can be made. Even though it might not be common spoken language.
| Example 1: There is no change, the only possible translation is resultar |
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Esto resultó
un desastre total, puesto que yo no tenía
ningún interés en el tema. = It resulted in a total fiasko because I wasn't interested in this topic. = It turned out a fiasko, because I wasn't interested in the this topic. |
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Resultó
una mentira. = It turned out to be a lie. (= It resulted to be a lie.) |
| to emphasise a change convertirse would be the better choice |
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Resulta una persona especialmente accesible, siempre
dispuesta a contestar a cualquier pregunta
o duda. = He turned out to be a very accesible person ready to answer every question. |
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Se
convierte en una persona especialmente
accesible, siempre dispuesta a contestar a
cualquier pregunta. = He turns to be a very accesible person ready to answer every question. (it not always has been that way) |
| some more examples: |
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Cinco de ellos resultaron heridos en el accidente. = Five of them were injured in the accident. = Five of them resulted to be injured in the accident. |
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Un policía resultó herido cuando intentaba reprimir a estudiantes
de la Marcha Alternativa en Madrid. = A police officer was injured when he tried to push back students of the "alternative march" in Madrid. = A police office resulted injured when he tried to push back students of the "alternative march" in Madrid. |
Sometimes other Spanish verbs are possible sometimes
not:
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correct:Un opositor resultó herido en la protesta. A critic was injured in the protest. |
| incorrect:Un opositor se volvió herido en la protesta. |
Now let's have a look at the single verbs and their use.
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