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Fin qui è stato abbastanza semplice individuare il verbo giusto da usare. Le cose si
complicano un po’ quando chi parla si riferisce ad un’altra persona, possibilmente al passato
o al futuro. In questo caso il rapporto tra chi parla e la destinazione non è sempre così
chiaro.
APPROFONDIMENTO
RISPOSTA: Nella prima, chi parla sarà presente alla festa; nella seconda, no.
RISPOSTA: Nella prima, chi parla sarà presente al cinema; nella seconda, no.
RISPOSTA: Nella prima, chi parla lavora o abita alla discarica; nella seconda, no.
ABBINAMENTO AI VERBI TO GO E TO COME
to take = portare quando vai
to bring = portare quando vieni
Di solito porto il mio cane al mare la domenica. (lo porto quando vado al mare)
I usually take my dog to the sea on Sundays.
Bob porta sempre una bottigla di vino. (la porta quando viene a casa mia)
Bob always brings a bottle of wine.
Mary porterà i suoi ospiti in un bel ristorante. (Mary andrà al ristorante con gli ospiti)
Mary is going to take her guests to a nice restaurant.
Bring means moving something or someone. The movement is either from where the
listener is to where the speaker is, or from the speaker to the listener.
Bring is an irregular verb. Its past tense and -ed form are both brought.
In both of the following examples, the speakers are seeing things from A’s viewpoint –
things will move to the place where A is:
A:
Are you going to the bedroom?
B:
Yes.
A:
Can you bring me my grey sweater? It’s on the bed.
B:
Yeah. (B will return with the sweater to the place where A is.)
A:
Are you coming to our place on Friday night?
B:
Yes. Do you want me to bring my guitar? (B will carry the guitar to the place where A will
be.)
Bring can also mean moving with something or someone from another place to the
speaker’s or listener’s location:
A:
Did Laura bring you anything for your birthday?
B:
Yes. She brought me some flowers and a CD. (Laura is C, another person, in a different
place from A or B. She moved with something to where B, the listener, was.)
Take
Take means movement with something or someone from where the speaker or listener is
to a different place:
[university assistant at a central faculty office, speaking to a student]
You have to fill in this form and then take it to the English Department to get it
stamped. (the assistant and the student are at the central faculty office – the English
Department is a different place)
A:
I can take you to the station tomorrow. What time’s your train? (Neither A nor B is at the
station; it is a different place.)
B:
Thanks. It’s eight-thirty.
Bring or take?
Compare
She visits her father every morning seen from the viewpoint
and shealways takes him the day’s newspaper. of the doer – she
She visits her father every morning and she seen from the viewpoint
always brings him the day’s newspaper. of the receiver – him
Fetch
Fetch means to go to another place to get something or someone and return with the
thing or the person. We use it for people and things that are not here but that we need or
are due to be here. We can usually use get instead of fetch:
If you’re going to the garage, can you fetch that green bag with the paintbrushes in it?
Or Can you get that green bag …
Right. It’s five o’clock. I’d better go and fetch my mother from the station.
See also:
Come or go?
Carry
"Carry" means to move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hand or on one's
body. Use "carry" when the person making the request is NOT at the destination.
A:
Are you and Josh coming to our party?
B:
Yeah. Sheila invited us.
A:
Good. Can you bring some CDs? We’re a bit short of music.
Angela was in Morocco and she brought us back a beautiful wooden tray.