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THE INFINITIVE

Türkçesi eylemlik olan infinitive ‘to’ alan eylemlik (full infinitive) ve ‘to’ almayan eylemlik
(bare infinitive) olmak üzere ikiye ayrılır:

Full infinitive: I want to sleep.
Full inf.
Bare infinitive: I had better sleep.
Bare inf.

THE TO-INFINITIVE (FULL INFINITIVE)
(‘to’ Alan eylemlik)

To-inifinitive, appear, be, seem, fillerinin öznesi olarak kullanılabilir:

To reach an agreement appears to be impossible.
To keep the environment clean is incumbent upon every individual.
To find a work seems to be difficult nowadays.

Üstteki örneklerdeki anlamı it zamirini özne olarak kullanarak da verebiliriz:

It appears too impossible to reach an agreement.
It is incumbent upon every individual to keep the environment clean.
It seems to be difficult to find a work nowadays.

Fiilin nesnesi durumunda kullanılabilir. Genellikle aşağıdaki fillerden sonra:

c
agree hoose aim arrange
decide happen ecline determine
d
l
claim earn prove
swear
hesitate long refuse seem
a
ppe
r

ask manage promise
a
endeavour neglect demand tend
attempt consent remember hreaten
t
fail repair resolve try
bother pretend proceed trouble
forget condescend undertake
hope
offer care guarantee volunteer

I managed to pass the exam.
He agreed to help his mother.
She refused to share her room with Mary.
They learnt to trust nobody.
Ali forgot to pay for the bill.
Prices always tend to go up.