Difference between revisions of "Use"
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==clitic /ju:stə/== | ==clitic /ju:stə/== | ||
*<span style="color:darkgreen;">ju:stə</span> V | *<span style="color:darkgreen;">ju:stə</span> V | ||
| − | *<span style="color:darkgreen;">dɪdn<sup>t</sup>ju:stə</span> | + | *<span style="color:darkgreen;">dɪdn<sup>t</sup>ju:stə</span> V |
===semantics=== | ===semantics=== | ||
Revision as of 18:15, 5 January 2014
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Contents
[hide]Verb
morphology
- regular verb in the present and the past, as a clitic (used-to-V), the past tense marker -d is pronounced "t" by assimilation.
clitic /ju:stə/
- ju:stə V
- dɪdntju:stə V
semantics
used to V is translated with the imperfect in French. It is a nostalgic tense marker, it recalls the way things once were.
- When I was a kid, I used to ride my bike every day.
- We used to live in Bourg.
- I used to know him well, but it's been a long time since I've seen him.
- I used to believe in Santa Claus when I was a kid.
It can precede both state verbs (know, think) and action verbs (run, walk) -- unlike "would", which implies a series of events, not states: (* = incorrect)
- When I was a kid, I would ride my bike every day.
- *We would live in Bourg. (future in the past = OK, but nostalgic imperfect = njet)
- *I would know him well, but it's been a long time since I've seen him. (concession = OK, but nostalgic imperfect = njet)
- *I would believe in Santa Claus, when I was a kid.
==lexical verb
