0
Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

To wander

I'm comparing the use of the verb to wander with its equivalent in Spanish vagar. In the case of Spanish the verb can refer to a verb of movement, I was wandering around town, or state,to be idle; in which case it doesn't take a compliment. I'm just wondering if it is safe to say that in English it has to carry a complement of some sort, and the verb itself refers primarily to to an action rather than a state?

Regards
  

Top answer

Wander it is a verb of undirected motion, such as meander, roam, or amble. It usually does not take an object, but it can. He wandered the hills and dales of old England.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Wander it is a verb of undirected motion, such as meander, roam, or amble.
  • It usually does not take an object, but it can.
  • He wandered the hills and dales of old England.
  • I love the use of "wander" in William Wordsworth's poem and The Wandering Bard by Sir Thomas Moore: I wandered lonely as a cloud I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
  • The Wandering Bard What life like that of the bard can be -- The wandering bard, who roams as free As the mountain lark that o'er him sings, And, like that lark a music brings, Within him, where'er he comes or goes -- A fount that for ever flows!
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

4 Answers
0
Wander it is a verb of undirected motion, such as meander, roam, or amble.
It usually does not take an object, but it can.
He wandered the hills and dales of old England.

I love the use of "wander" in William Wordsworth's poem and The Wandering Bard by Sir Thomas Moore:

I wandered lonely as a cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er va
0
0
Thank you for replying to my query. Although it doesn't take an object, it seems to always take a complement of some sort;
I wandered lonely - adverbial complement (mode)

He wandered the hills - adverbial complement (place)
You see, in Spanish it is simple estuve vagando and my point is that the verb can not appear on its own, otherwise it is an incomplete sentence, am I right i
0
0
Sorry, my mind is wandering.
0
0
Mister MicawberSorry, my mind is wandering.
[Y]
Sometimes our minds wander when we are in the state of wool-gathering.
0

Related Questions