SUBJUNCTIVE (9): IT'S TIME
(Ya es hora de)

0. Expresiones idiomática
1. objeto + infinitivo con to
2. that-clauses
3. It + be + adjetivo + that-clause
It + be + adjetivo + for + objeto + infinitivo con to
4. be + adjetivo + that-clause
5. let + objeto + infinitivo sin to
6. objeto + -ing
7. subordinadas temporales y condicionales
8. Wish / if only
9. It's time
10. May / might
11. Would rather

• Esta expresión que denota cierta impaciencia, puede ir seguida de tres estructuras:

It's time + infinitivo con to

It's time to go to work.
(Ya es hora de que vayamos a trabajar.)

It's time to start playing.
(Ya es hora de que empecemos a jugar.)

It's time for + objeto + infinitivo con to

It's time for him to go to work.
(Ya es hora de que se vaya a trabajar.)

It's time for the teams to start playing.
(Ya es hora de que los equipos empiecen a jugar.)

Esta última se emplea, a menudo, para expresar reproche o crítica.

It's time + sujeto + past

It's time we went to work.
It's about time we went to work.
It's high time we went to work.
(Ya es hora de que vayamos a trabajar.)

Isn't it time the teams started playing?
Isn't it about time the teams started playing?
Isn't it high time the teams started playing?
(¿No es hora ya de que los equipos empiecen a jugar?)

SUBJUNCTIVE (9): IT'S TIME (Ya es hora de)

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SUBJUNCTIVE (9): IT'S TIME
(Ya es hora de)

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