En réponse à Irina Rempt <irina@...>:
>
> Yes, all on a par with "zijn".
>
So strange... That's why I like Dutch :))) .
>
> There are actually two separate (but related, of course) verbs
> "lijken":
>
> hij lijkt op Jan "he looks like Jan" - "lijken op", prepositional
> verb
>
> hij lijkt Jan te zijn "he seems to be Jan" - "lijken" with the
> infinitive , copula
>
Oooh I see...
>
> With detachable voor: "het komt mij voor dat...": "it seems to me
> that..."
>
> I'm impressed with your teachers if you know that stress and
> detachability go together!
>
He he, that's the first thing they taught us: to know whether a verb with a
prefix has a detachable prefix or not, listen to it! Ja, de leraars zijn goed.
Hoe denk je dat ik na maar vier weken zoveel Nederlands ken? :)))
> The worst of those pairs is OVERleggen "to hand over, to hand in"
> versus overLEGGEN "to discuss". I'm fighting a losing battle against
> people asking me "papieren te overleggen" when I want them to ask me
> "papieren over te leggen".
>
The teacher gave us an example with VOORstellen vs. voorSTELlen I think, but I
can't remember the meaning of voorSTELlen... (or was it voordenken?)
Christophe.
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