Re: Copula
| From: | Steven Williams <feurieaux@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 18:13 |
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--- MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM schrieb:
> In a message dated 3/20/2007 11:01:36 AM Central
> Daylight Time,
> theiling@ABSINT.COM writes:
>
>
> > > > indirect passive voice:
> > > > Ich kriege den Zahn gezogen.
> > > > 'I=NOM get the=ACC tooth pulled.'
> > > >
> > >
> > > Is this standard? I've never seen this before.
> >
> > Yes, it's standard. For a more formal or written
> register, you should
> > use 'bekommen' instead of the more colloquial
> 'kriegen'.
> >
> >
>
> An acquaintance (a native Berliner) says:
> >> sieht mir umgangssprachlich aus. aber es ist
> deutsch. ich würde es nicht
> >> in einem grammatikbuch für hochdeutsch erwarten.
>
> stevo
> </HTML>
Which, for those who're German-impaired, reads: "Looks
slangy to me. But it's German. I wouldn't expect it in
a grammar book for Standard German."
My German professor explains the 'kriegen/bekommen'
passive as also usually having something to do with
the difficulty of an action: "Er kriegt den Zahn
gezogen" implies a degree of difficulty, as opposed to
another alternative, "Er lässt sich den Zahn ziehen",
which has semantically pretty much the same meaning,
though with the implication that the tooth-pulling was
fairly simple.
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