One-Person Prayers
The one-person sentences They are those that only conjugate the verb in the third person singular. In addition to this, they do not have a subject since there is no one to execute the action. For example: You have to pay today.
There are two types of one-person sentences:
- Own. They usually refer to climatic phenomena, in which the action cannot be attributed to any specific subject. For example: Tomorrow will rain. (The action “rain” cannot be held responsible or attributed to any specific subject.)
- improper. They use impersonal verbs (which do not attribute the action to anyone in particular), such as do, be, be Y to have. For example: You have to be more careful. / It is very hot.
Examples of one-person sentences
Below is a list of one-person sentences, both proper and improper, as an example:
- It’s very good.
- It was raining heavily.
- There was no agreement.
- There is no security in this country.
- There were too many people.
- It dawns very early.
- It snowed all week.
- There will be a quorum for the debate session.
- It’s too cold inside.
- There is repellent for everyone.
- We will have to speed up the pace.
- It was dark when we arrived.
- It hailed suddenly.
- It thundered very loud.
- Last night it was freezing
- It’s going to snow a lot tomorrow.
- There was a lot of noise.
- There is an unsolved mystery.
- They had to go get the package with a truck.
- The idea should be reconsidered.
Other types of sentences
Depending on the type of intention that the interlocutor has when addressing the receiver, broadly speaking, we can talk about the following sentences:
- doubtful sentences. They express any doubt. For example: Maybe I’ll go to the party. / It seems to me that the one who called was Juan.
- Exclamation sentences. They reflect the emotion that goes through who pronounces it. This emotion can be anger, surprise, joy, among others. For example: I can’t believe it, I got an A on the final exam! / What a scare you gave me, don’t appear like this anymore!
- Interrogative sentences. They try to obtain some type of information from the interlocutor. They are also used as a suggestion or even to challenge someone. For example: Don’t you think that what you did is not correct? / Do you want to go to the cinema with me on Saturday?
- wishful sentences. They express some wish or desire of the issuer. For example: I hope Sunday is sunny so we can go to the pool. / I hope you have a great time at the party.
- declarative sentences. Also known as “declarative”, they express an opinion, idea or judgment of the issuer or narrate an event that happened or is about to happen. They could be affirmative or negative. For example: This month we did not reach the proposed objectives. (negative) The greenhouse effect has irreversible consequences on hundreds of animal species. (affirmative)
- exhortatory sentences. Also known as “imperatives”, they are used to order, beg, beg or request. For example: You go to your room now. / Please, I ask you to help me do the homework, otherwise they will give me a zero.