El verbo to fish se traduce principalmente como pescar. La palabra fish también puede ser un sustantivo y significar pez o pescado, pero en esta página estudiaremos su uso como verbo.
- Podemos usar fish para hablar de la actividad de pescar. Por ejemplo, "I fish in the lake every weekend" puede traducirse como "Pesco en el lago todos los fines de semana".
- Podemos usar fish for cuando mencionamos el tipo de pez que intentamos atrapar. Por ejemplo, "They fish for trout" puede traducirse como "Ellos pescan truchas" o "Ellos intentan pescar truchas".
- La expresión go fishing también es muy común. Por ejemplo, "We go fishing every Saturday" puede traducirse como "Vamos a pescar todos los sábados".
Fish y go fishing pueden comunicar una idea parecida. Sin embargo, en go fishing, el verbo que cambia según el tiempo verbal es go: "We went fishing yesterday" significa "Fuimos a pescar ayer".
En la tercera persona singular añadimos -es: fishes /ˈfɪʃ.ɪz/. Esta palabra tiene dos sílabas. En el pasado, fished se pronuncia /fɪʃt/; la terminación -ed produce el sonido /t/ después del sonido /ʃ/.
Simple Tense
Simple Present Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I fish | We fish |
| 2ª | You fish | You fish |
| 3ª | He/She/It fishes | They fish |
Fish: /fɪʃ/, fishes: /ˈfɪʃ.ɪz/
Simple Past Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I fished | We fished |
| 2ª | You fished | You fished |
| 3ª | He/She/It fished | They fished |
Fished: /fɪʃt/
Simple Future Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will fish | We will fish |
| 2ª | You will fish | You will fish |
| 3ª | He/She/It will fish | They will fish |
Will fish: /wɪl fɪʃ/
Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I am fishing | We are fishing |
| 2ª | You are fishing | You are fishing |
| 3ª | He/She/It is fishing | They are fishing |
Fishing: /ˈfɪʃ.ɪŋ/
Past Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I was fishing | We were fishing |
| 2ª | You were fishing | You were fishing |
| 3ª | He/She/It was fishing | They were fishing |
Was fishing: /wəz ˈfɪʃ.ɪŋ/, Were fishing: /wɜr ˈfɪʃ.ɪŋ/
Future Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will be fishing | We will be fishing |
| 2ª | You will be fishing | You will be fishing |
| 3ª | He/She/It will be fishing | They will be fishing |
Will be fishing: /wɪl bi ˈfɪʃ.ɪŋ/
Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I have fished | We have fished |
| 2ª | You have fished | You have fished |
| 3ª | He/She/It has fished | They have fished |
Have fished: /hæv fɪʃt/, Has fished: /hæz fɪʃt/
Past Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I had fished | We had fished |
| 2ª | You had fished | You had fished |
| 3ª | He/She/It had fished | They had fished |
Had fished: /hæd fɪʃt/
Future Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will have fished | We will have fished |
| 2ª | You will have fished | You will have fished |
| 3ª | He/She/It will have fished | They will have fished |
Will have fished: /wɪl hæv fɪʃt/
