Re: noun forms of verbs
From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, November 20, 2001, 10:22 |
En réponse à Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>:
>
> Dutch: `een spel spelen' (short vowel vs. long vowel, but same
> root)
> French: `jouer un jeux'? (different vowel, but same root)
"Jouer à un jeu". French "jouer" is an indirect transitive verb. The object
must be preceeded by the preposition 'à'. The form is not impossible, but I'd
expect an adjective on "jeu", to explain it more clearly.
Christophe.
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