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18 - Verbs with two past participles/Verbos con dos participios de pasado

from Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

R. E. Batchelor
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Miguel Ángel San José
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
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Summary

Below is a passage showing the use of sets of two past participles coming from the same verb. The monk in question seems confused to the point that he devotes too much time to rock music rather than preaching to the faithful.

El monje estaba absorto/abstraído en su trabajo; había dejado de estar atento a la campana que marcaba el paso de las horas. De joven había sido pervertido por el ambiente, no se había sujetado a norma alguna, mas bendecido por la fe se había convertido al catolicismo y recluido en el monasterio. Como convertido/converso, siempre estaba sujeto a la regla para ser corregido. Se consideraba desprovisto de mérito y aquel día se encontraba confuso/confundido: había sido distinguido con el honor de leer en el refectorio (dining room). Sabía que los monjes elegidos/electos para aquel menester solían ser incluidos en una terna (group of three) para predicar en las parroquias vecinas, así que no se extrañó ser requerido ante el prior.

  1. –Hijo, llevas muchos años sujeto a nuestra disciplina –comenzó el superior–. Nunca te has torcido. He pensado en ti para que prediques en el exterior, pero con una condición: tienes que ir desprovisto de auriculares y de tu sempiterno (everlasting) reproductor MP3, porque está bien que nos hayas maltratado tantos años a todos nosotros con tu música rock, pero no quiero que espantes a los extraños con tu Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens y esos otros, que, además, están ya superados.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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