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[hide]Preposition
Destination marker
- I'm going to the store
- Give it to him.
Directional marker: towards
- toward, towards = vers, en direction de
- He moved towards the door, step by step. He wanted to leave.
- It's getting towards sundown.
- Towards sundown, she came and asked if we needed help.
Combines with "in" and "on"
- into: [into]
- onto:
- Z put A onto B -- B takes on the role of supporting A, the subject of the sentence no longer keeps it from falling. B assure le soutien (physique ou abstrait) de A, Z n'a plus à l'assurer.
- Now, let's put the iPad onto the table with the screen facing down/
- there's no way you're going to be able to put the iPad onto your unlimited plan with verzion.
- Z is onto SO / STH -- vient du sens continuative de on, notion de découverte...
- I think you're onto something here.
- Z put A onto B -- B takes on the role of supporting A, the subject of the sentence no longer keeps it from falling. B assure le soutien (physique ou abstrait) de A, Z n'a plus à l'assurer.
VP junction // infinitivals
Combines with any number of verbs to introduce a complement:
- "When purchasing life insurance, there are a few specific questions that you're not going to want to forget to ask." §
phonetic reduction
There are two principle verbs where the [t] loses its "obstruent" nature (It's T-ness if you like):
- want to → wanna'
- going to → gonna'
