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Inversiones

Este documento discute las inversiones en inglés, que involucran invertir el sujeto y el auxiliar al comienzo de una oración para enfatizarla. Explica varios tipos de inversiones, incluyendo aquellas que usan adverbios como "hardly" y "never", solo seguido de preposiciones, condicionales, y expresiones literarias. Proporciona ejemplos para ilustrar cada tipo y una tabla resumiendo las principales inversiones.

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Inversiones

Este documento discute las inversiones en inglés, que involucran invertir el sujeto y el auxiliar al comienzo de una oración para enfatizarla. Explica varios tipos de inversiones, incluyendo aquellas que usan adverbios como "hardly" y "never", solo seguido de preposiciones, condicionales, y expresiones literarias. Proporciona ejemplos para ilustrar cada tipo y una tabla resumiendo las principales inversiones.

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Jesús
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Inversiones en

inglés C1 C2
Hace mucho que teníamos previsto subir un artículo detallado sobre
las inversiones en inglés C1 C2. Finally!
Éste proceso se suele dar en un registro formal y suele ser bastante
común en la parte escrita. Así que si deseas demostrar un uso avanzado
de inglés en tus writings o en tus speakings, las inversiones te van a
ayudar. ¿Buscas alcanzar un nivel C1 C2? Las inversiones te van a
ayudar.
Consisten en invertir el auxiliar o el verbo «to be» al inicio de la frase y
suele ser común en construcciones adverbiales.

Para hablar inglés como un nativo (aquí tienes trucos prácticos) uno de
los pasos que hay que tomar es empezar a «dramatizar» un poco
nuestro discurso. No tienes que llegar a ser un drama queen, pero sin
duda tienes que variar tu entonación y enfatizar tus discurso. Las
inversiones en inglés te van a ayudar a lograr un tono retórico típico en
los nativos ingleses.

a) HARDLY, SCARCELY, BARELY, NO


SOONER
Cuando cuentas algo pasado se utilizan estas estructuras para enfatizar
que a un primer hecho le siguió rápidamente a una segunda acción. Es
por eso que generalmente el verbo que describe el primer hecho suele ir
en pasado perfecto (utilizaríamos el auxiliar HAD) o pasado simple (en
cuyo caso el auxiliar sería DID).
Trucos:
– A los adverbios HARDLY, SCARCELY y BARELY le sigue la
palabra WHEN.
– Al adverbio NO SOONER le sigue THAN (porque SOONER es el
comparativo de SOON).
Pongamos algunos ejemplos en pasado perfecto:

Inversión: Hardly had I got home when my mum called.


Orden normal: I had hardly got home when my mum called.
Inversión: Scarcely had she finished her examen when she realized she
didn’t asnswer to the last question.
Orden normal: She had scarcely finished her examen when she realized
she didn’t asnswer to the last question.
Inversión: Barely had they parked when one of the car’s tyre blew out.
Orden normal: They had barely parked when one of the car’s tyre blew
out.
Inversión: No sooner had I been fired than the company went bankrupt.
Orden normal: I had no sooner been fired than the company went
bankrupt.

b) NEVER, RARELY, LITTLE, UNDER NO


CIRCUMSTANCES, ON NO CONDITION, IN NO
WAY, NOT ONLY
Cuando estas palabras se colocan al comienzo de una oración para
conseguir un efecto enfático, el sujeto y el auxiliar invierten sus
posiciones.

Observa estos ejemplos de inversiones en inglés:

Inversión: Never (before) has she faced such a troblesome situation.


Orden normal: She has never faced such a troblesome situation.
Inversión: Rarely have there been so many worries about the millenials’
generation lifestyle.
Orden normal: There have rarely been so many worries about the
millenials’ generation lifestyle.
Inversión: Little did I know that I would later be affected by that bad
action.
Orden normal: I knew little that I would later be affected by that bad
action.
Inversión: Under no circumstances are you allowed to smoke on a
plane.
Orden normal: You are not allowed to smoke on a plane under any
circumstances.
Inversión: On no condition will the bank bear responsibility for
misurderstandings in the contract.
Orden normal: The bank will not bear responsibility for misurderstandings
in the contract.

Inversión: In no way am I to be blamed for your irresponsabilities.


Orden normal: I am in no way to be blamed for your irresponsabilities.

Inversión: Not only wasn’t he on time, but he didn’t even apologize for his
delay.
Orden normal: He was not only late, but he didn’t apologize for his delay
either.
Inversión: Not only did he succeed to set up a big company, but he
had also made a killing in just a few months.
Orden normal: He not only exceeded to set up a big company but he had
also made a killing in just a few months.
c) ONLY AFTER, ONLY BY, ONLY IF, ONLY IN
THIS WAY, ONLY THEN, ONLY WHEN, NOT
UNTIL
Si la palabra only no va seguida de las preposiciones con las que
aparece en las estructuras de arriba, no se realiza la inversión.
Inspirarte en los siguientes ejemplos:

Only after finishing the housework can you go out.


Orden normal: You can go out only after finishing your homework.
Only after you have finished the housework can you go out.
Orden normal: You can go out only after you have finished your
homework.
Only by working out can you get fit.
Orden normal: You can get fir only by working out.
Only if everybody reached an agreement would I accept this
position.
Orden normal: I would accept this position only if everybo dy
reached an agreement.
Only in this way do the kids pay attention to you.
Orden normal: The kids pay attention to you only in this way.
Only then did they realize it was a trap.
Orden normal: They realized it was a trap only then.
Only when she begged did he help her.
Orden normal: He helped her only when she begged.
Only when I was pulled over by the police did I realize I had been driving
without lights.
Orden normal: I noticed that I had been driving without lights only when I
was pulled over by the police.
Esta última frase se puede reformular de otra forma:

Not until I was pulled over by the police did I realize I has been driving
without lights
Orden normal: I noticed that I had been driving without lights only when I
was pulled over by the police.
d) CONDITIONALS
Por otro lado, también podemos usar invertir el «if» de los condicionales
con el auxiliar «had», el verbo «were» y el modal «should».

Condicional normal: If it had not rained, the accident wouldn’t have


happened.

Inversión con condicional: Had it not rained, the accident wouldn’t have
happened.
Condicional normal: If he had followed his drive, he would have
succedeed.

Inversión con condicional: Had he followed his guts, he would have


succedeed.
e) EXPRESSIONS
Bastante más literario y formal, también te puedes encontrar con
inversiones en inglés como estas:

On the table was all the treasure we had found. (Oración normal: All the
treasure we had found was on the table.)
Round the corner came the knights. (Oración normal: The knights came
round the corner.)
f) so + adjective…that
So stunning was the bride that nobody could talk of anything else.
(Oración normal: The bride was so stunning that nobody could talk of
anything else.)
So tasty was the food that we ate every last bite. (Oración normal: The
food was so tasty that we ate every last bite.)
A continuación os dejamos una tabla con la mayoría de las
inversiones en inglés que hemos v isto a lo largo de éste artículo
éste artículo.

Hardly Hardly had I fallen asleep when the telephone rang.


Barely did I think of my cousin when I came across him on the
Barely street.
Never Never had she seen such a mesmerizing sight before.
Seldom Seldom do we see such a stunning display of dance.
Rarely Rarely will you delight yourself with such moving music.
Only then Only then did I understand why he acted like that.
Not only …
but Not only does he love pigging out but he also smokes.
No sooner No sooner had we got home than the police rang the doorbell.
Scarcely had I thought I would be alone when a bunch of
Scarcely people came.
Only later Only later did she think of her acts.
Nowhere Nowhere have I ever had such bad customer service.
Little Little were we aware!
Only in this
way Only in this way could Jessica make a living.
In no way In no way do I think along your lines!
On no account On no account should you do a move without asking me first.

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