Re: Comparatives (Difficult?!)

Hi,

Thanks for your.PL input so far!

Matahaniya ang caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>:

>> Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
>
>> Or if "mettre" is the correct verb, perhaps "Il a mis
>> cinq jours plus long qu'il fallait mettre" (it has put
>> five days more long that-it required to.put).
>
> I consulted a friend who teaches French.  She is of the
> opinion
> that "prendre" is the correct verb in the expression and
> that "mettre" is definitely incorrect.  She bases this on
> the expression "prendre temps," to take time.
I also thought it was "prendre temps" at first, but then I looked it up
in my French dictionary, which says:

| DAUERN /ˈdɑ͡ʊɐn/ vi 1 (andauern) durer | 2 (Zeit benötigen)
| "Es dauerte lange, bis er den Weg gefunden hatte." Il a
| mis longtemps à trouver le chemin -> das dauert und
| dauert! (fam) que c'est long!

So I thought it's "mettre temps" for reasons incomprehensible.

Carsten

PS (Semi-OT): It's my 20th con-birthday today! I was born on Ihaloy 20,
2296.

--
"Besonvenyonangang ayena nudeng inunsegasyéna."
 -- Segakáryo Litayarim

Pinena, Ihaloy 20, 2316 ya 14:08:20 pd
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 08:42:13 pm

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