WOULD RATHER (preferiría)
• Si expresamos una preferencia para nosotros mismos:
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would prefer + infinitivo con to + [(rather) than + infinitivo sin to / -ing]
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would rather / sooner + infinitivo sin to + (than + infinitivo sin to)
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No hay diferencia entre utilizar would rather o would sooner aunque hoy día se oye más would rather.
I'd rather / sooner take the bus.
I'd prefer to take the bus.
(Preferiría coger el autobús.)
She'd rather / sooner not have to wait for you.
She'd prefer not to have to wait for you.
(Ella preferiría no tener que esperarte.)
Bob would rather / sooner stay at home than go to the party.
Bob would prefer to stay at home (rather) than go / going to the party.
(Bob preferiría quedarse en casa a ir a la fiesta.)
Would they rather / sooner go to the cinema than watch a movie on TV?
Would they prefer to go to the cinema (rather) than watch / watching a movie on TV?
(¿Preferirían ir al cine a ver una película en la televisión?)
No hay diferencia entre utilizar would rather/sooner o would prefer (si no es la construcción gramatical).
Sin embargo cuando queremos expresar una preferencia permanente sólo podemos utilizar prefer:
I'd rather walk than take the bus.
I'd prefer to walk (rather) than take / taking the bus.
(Preferiría caminar a coger el autobús.)
- en este momento -
I prefer walking to taking the bus .
(Prefiero caminar a coger el autobús.)
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• Si expresamos una preferencia en que otra persona haga algo, entonces:
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would prefer + objeto + infinitivo con to
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would rather / sooner + sujeto + past
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I'd rather / sooner she took the bus.
I'd prefer her to take the bus.
(Preferiría que cogiera el autobús.)
She'd rather / sooner we didn't have to wait for you.
She'd prefer us not to have to wait for you.
(Ella preferiría no tuviéramos que esperarte.)
Bob would rather / sooner Jim stayed at home.
Bob would prefer Jim to stay at home.
(Bob preferiría que Jim se quedara en casa.)
Would they rather / sooner the children had gone to the cinema?
Would they prefer the children to have gone to the cinema?
(¿Preferirían que los chicos hubieran ido al cine?)
(ir al SUBJUNTIVO)
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