Watch him walk

Question

تو یه متنی دو نفر دارن به یه سگ نگاه میکنن. یکیشون میگه:

Watch him walk.

منظورش چیه؟

چرا نگفته:

watch him walking.

watch his walk.

Answer 1

ضمن احترام به نظر دوستمان Amin-med، نظر من:

از دید یه انگلیسی زبان تفاوت بسیار ظریفه. اگه از ing استفاده میشه، حس تداوم عمل به ذهن میاد. یعنی مدت زمانی که ما شخص رو در حال حرکت میبینیم، طولانی تره. در حالت مصدر بدون to، عمل بسیار کوتاهه.

I watched him walk. دیدمش که رفت

I watched him walking. دیدمش که داشت میرفت

I watched his walk. نحوه راه رفتنش (قدم زدنش) رو دیدم

Answer 2

We use gerunds (verb + ing):

• After certain verbs- I enjoy singing
• After prepositions - I drank a cup of coffee before leaving
• As the subject or object of a sentence - Swimming is good exercise

 

We use 'to' + infinitive:

• After most verbs- We decided to leave
• After many adjectives - It's difficult to get up early
• To show purpose - I came to London to study English

 

We use the bare infinitive (the infinitive without 'to'):

• After modal verbs- I can meet you at six o'clock
• After 'let', 'make' and (sometimes) 'help' - The teacher let us leave early
• After some verbs of perception (see, watch, hear, notice, feel, sense) - I watched him walk away
• After expressions with 'why' - why go out the night before an exam?