Inversione tra soggetto e verbo: LESSON 8

A cosa serve l’inversione tra soggetto e verbo e quando è usata solitamente?

serve a rendere una frase più formale, ed è usata soprattutto nei poemi o scritti vari

In quali casi avviene l’inversione verbo soggetto?

4 casi:

-quando in una frase è usato un avverbio di luogo, che è seguito da un verbo di movimento (es. stand, go, walk..), in cui il soggetto non è un pronome ma un sostantivo

es.Off went the rocket (invece di the rocket went off)

es. On the wall was an oldi oil painting

MA con un pronome non si fa l’inversione

es. In came she In she came.

-dopo il discorso diretto, quando il soggetto non è un pronome ma un sostantivo

es. Is he a friend of yours? asked the man

-con strutture specifiche come: Nelle frasi condizionali introdotte da should,had,were

es. Should you complete the essay before the deadline

es. Were you in line with her positions, she would protect you (=If tou were in line with her…)

-con costruzioni specifiche come: con avverbi/espressioni di significato negativo posti all’inizio della frase principale (main clause), in mancanza di altro ausiliare è richiesto l’uso di “do/did”, come se fosse una frase interrogativa

es. Only then did i realize it was a mistake

es. No sooner had she told me about him than he entered the room

che preposizione si mette con una l’espressione No Sooner?

than

es. No sooner had she told me about him than i realized it was a mistake

quali altre espressioni conosci?

hardly,scarcely,barely,no sooner…

quale preposizione è usata con hardly,scarcely,barely?

when

es. scarcely had they won the footbal competition when time was finishing

e con no sooner?

than

che tempo verbale si usa con queste espressioni?

past perfect

e con le espressioni never, rarely, little che tempo verbale si usa?

present and past perfect

es. Never have i did such a challenge

es. Not only did he exceed the spid limit, but he had also consumed alcohol

quali sono altre espressioni? (only)

only after, only by, only if, only in this way,only when,not until

es. Only after lunch can you play (you can play only after lunch)

es. Only by guessing can you solve the puzzle

es. only when i filled my glass did i notice that it was broken

what happens if only is followed by the subject at the beginning of the sentence?

there is no inversion. es. only you can understand (rimane così) (no one else can understand)

there is another case where there is the inversion subject verb, which is it?

when the sentence has expressions like so+adv or adj, there is an inversion of the main clause

es. So quickly did he run that the others couldn’t catch up with him

es. So strong was the wind that we couldn’t open the window

So+adjective can be replaced with…

Such

es. Such was the wind that we couldn’t open the window.