El verbo to text significa mandar un mensaje, enviar un mensaje de texto o escribirle a alguien por mensaje. También se usa informalmente el verbo textear.
- Podemos mencionar directamente a la persona que recibe el mensaje. Por ejemplo, "I will text you later" puede traducirse como "Te mandaré un mensaje más tarde" o "Te escribiré más tarde".
- También podemos decir qué información enviamos. Por ejemplo, "She texted me the address" puede traducirse como "Ella me mandó la dirección por mensaje".
- Text también puede ser un sustantivo. Por ejemplo, "I received your text" significa "Recibí tu mensaje".
En el inglés cotidiano, text puede referirse a un mensaje escrito enviado por teléfono, ya sea mediante un mensaje de texto tradicional o, dependiendo del contexto, una aplicación de mensajería.
Presta atención a estas pronunciaciones: texts /tɛksts/ contiene el grupo de consonantes /ksts/. Texted tiene dos sílabas y se pronuncia /ˈtɛk.stɪd/; en el habla natural también puedes escuchar /ˈtɛk.stəd/. La terminación -ed forma una sílaba adicional porque text termina con el sonido /t/.
Simple Tense
Simple Present Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I text | We text |
| 2ª | You text | You text |
| 3ª | He/She/It texts | They text |
Text: /tɛkst/, texts: /tɛksts/
Simple Past Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I texted | We texted |
| 2ª | You texted | You texted |
| 3ª | He/She/It texted | They texted |
Texted: /ˈtɛk.stɪd/
Simple Future Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will text | We will text |
| 2ª | You will text | You will text |
| 3ª | He/She/It will text | They will text |
Will text: /wɪl tɛkst/
Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I am texting | We are texting |
| 2ª | You are texting | You are texting |
| 3ª | He/She/It is texting | They are texting |
Texting: /ˈtɛk.stɪŋ/
Past Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I was texting | We were texting |
| 2ª | You were texting | You were texting |
| 3ª | He/She/It was texting | They were texting |
Was texting: /wəz ˈtɛk.stɪŋ/, Were texting: /wɜr ˈtɛk.stɪŋ/
Future Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will be texting | We will be texting |
| 2ª | You will be texting | You will be texting |
| 3ª | He/She/It will be texting | They will be texting |
Will be texting: /wɪl bi ˈtɛk.stɪŋ/
Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I have texted | We have texted |
| 2ª | You have texted | You have texted |
| 3ª | He/She/It has texted | They have texted |
Have texted: /hæv ˈtɛk.stɪd/, Has texted: /hæz ˈtɛk.stɪd/
Past Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I had texted | We had texted |
| 2ª | You had texted | You had texted |
| 3ª | He/She/It had texted | They had texted |
Had texted: /hæd ˈtɛk.stɪd/
Future Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will have texted | We will have texted |
| 2ª | You will have texted | You will have texted |
| 3ª | He/She/It will have texted | They will have texted |
Will have texted: /wɪl hæv ˈtɛk.stɪd/
