El verbo to shop /tʊ ʃɑp/ puede traducirse como comprar, hacer compras o buscar algo para comprar. Se refiere a la actividad de mirar, comparar o comprar productos.
- Podemos comprar en una tienda física o por internet. Por ejemplo, "I shop online every week" puede traducirse como "Hago compras por internet todas las semanas".
- Usamos shop for cuando mencionamos lo que buscamos. Por ejemplo, "She is shopping for new shoes" puede traducirse como "Ella está buscando zapatos nuevos" o "Ella está comprando zapatos nuevos".
- Usamos shop at cuando mencionamos la tienda o el lugar. Por ejemplo, "We shop at the local market" significa "Compramos en el mercado local".
Shop y buy no siempre significan exactamente lo mismo. Shop describe la actividad de buscar, mirar o comparar productos y no siempre termina en una compra. Buy significa comprar algo y pagar por ello. Por ejemplo, podemos shop for a car sin decidir comprar uno ese día.
La expresión go shopping significa “ir de compras”. En esta expresión, el verbo que cambia según el tiempo verbal es go: "We went shopping yesterday" significa "Fuimos de compras ayer". La expresión shop around significa visitar diferentes lugares o comparar varias opciones antes de comprar.
Shop también puede ser un sustantivo y significar “tienda” o “taller”, como en coffee shop o repair shop. En esta página estudiamos shop como verbo.
Shop es un verbo regular, pero duplicamos la letra p antes de añadir -ed o -ing: shopped y shopping. Shopped se pronuncia /ʃɑpt/; la terminación -ed produce el sonido /t/ después del sonido sordo /p/. Shopping se pronuncia /ˈʃɑ.pɪŋ/.
Simple Tense
Simple Present Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I shop | We shop |
| 2ª | You shop | You shop |
| 3ª | He/She/It shops | They shop |
Shop: /ʃɑp/, shops: /ʃɑps/
Simple Past Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I shopped | We shopped |
| 2ª | You shopped | You shopped |
| 3ª | He/She/It shopped | They shopped |
Shopped: /ʃɑpt/
Simple Future Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will shop | We will shop |
| 2ª | You will shop | You will shop |
| 3ª | He/She/It will shop | They will shop |
Will shop: /wɪl ʃɑp/
Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I am shopping | We are shopping |
| 2ª | You are shopping | You are shopping |
| 3ª | He/She/It is shopping | They are shopping |
Shopping: /ˈʃɑ.pɪŋ/
Past Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I was shopping | We were shopping |
| 2ª | You were shopping | You were shopping |
| 3ª | He/She/It was shopping | They were shopping |
Was shopping: /wəz ˈʃɑ.pɪŋ/, Were shopping: /wɜr ˈʃɑ.pɪŋ/
Future Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will be shopping | We will be shopping |
| 2ª | You will be shopping | You will be shopping |
| 3ª | He/She/It will be shopping | They will be shopping |
Will be shopping: /wɪl bi ˈʃɑ.pɪŋ/
Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I have shopped | We have shopped |
| 2ª | You have shopped | You have shopped |
| 3ª | He/She/It has shopped | They have shopped |
Have shopped: /hæv ʃɑpt/, Has shopped: /hæz ʃɑpt/
Past Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I had shopped | We had shopped |
| 2ª | You had shopped | You had shopped |
| 3ª | He/She/It had shopped | They had shopped |
Had shopped: /hæd ʃɑpt/
Future Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will have shopped | We will have shopped |
| 2ª | You will have shopped | You will have shopped |
| 3ª | He/She/It will have shopped | They will have shopped |
Will have shopped: /wɪl hæv ʃɑpt/
