Verbs With and Dynamic Uses

Dynamic

"Dinámico" es un adjetivo que significa que algo se está moviendo o cambiando.

En la gramática inglesa, un "verbo dinámico" significa que el verbo describe una acción en lugar de un estado. Los verbos dinámicos a veces se conocen como "verbos de acción".

"Joe is chasing the bus."

  Examples of stative verbs:

• love
• hate
• like
• prefer
• doubt
• seem
• know
• own
• understand

Stative

"Stative" es un adjetivo que describe algo como tener un estado o existir (este es un adjetivo muy poco común). En la gramática inglesa, un "verbo estático" significa que el verbo describe un estado en lugar de una acción. Los verbos estativos a veces se conocen como "verbos de estado".

"Kevin wants some ice-cream."

Examples of dynamic verbs:

eat

walk

learn

grow

sleep

talk

write

run

read

become

go

Example sentences with dynamic verbs:

• "I can't talk right now, I'm eating dinner."
  Present progressive used to describe an action happening now.
• "Sorry, I'm out of breath because I've been running."
  Present perfect progressive used to describe an action that started in the past, continued for some time and has results now.
• "I didn't steal the necklace! I was sleeping when someone broke into the shop!"
  Past progressive used to talk about an action that was happening at a particular time in the past.

Example sentences with static verbs:

• "I think it is wrong to hit children."
  Here, think is a stative verb. It means "to have an opinion" and it cannot be used in the progressive form in this case.
  
  B
  
  "I'm thinking about buying a new car."
  Here, thinking is describing a process, or an action. This is something that is happening, rather than simply being. So here we can use the progressive form.
• "I don't mind if we watch a movie tonight."
  Here, mind means "be bothered by", which is a state of mind, not an action. Therefore, it is stative.
  
  BUT
  
  "I'm not being nosy. I'm minding my own business!"
  Here, minding means "looking after" and is therefore a process and a dynamic verb.
• "I have three brothers."
  Have here talks about the family relationship the speaker has with her brothers and is therefore stative.
  
  BUT
  
  "I'm having a bad day today. I'll call you when things are better."
  
  
  Having in this sentence means the speaker is going through the process of a bad day. It is therefore dynamic.

  

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