Difference between revisions of "Go"
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*gone fishing: ''out'' | *gone fishing: ''out'' | ||
| − | gone + activity (shopping, dancing, running, bowling, riding, swimming, etc.) | + | gone + activity (shopping, dancing, running, bowling, riding, swimming, diving, sledding, sand-surfing, skateboarding, skating, etc.) |
| − | *I haven't gone | + | *I haven't gone since the lockdown began. |
*'''be'''gone! get thee away from here | *'''be'''gone! get thee away from here | ||
*'''by'''gones: stuff that has happened | *'''by'''gones: stuff that has happened | ||
*Let bygones be bygones = forgive and forget | *Let bygones be bygones = forgive and forget | ||
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| + | ===Perfective Aspect=== | ||
| + | *He's gone and said it. | ||
| + | *They've gone and done it. The leaders shut down the world to save us from a virus. | ||
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| + | ==What went wrong?== | ||
| + | *It's always a good idea to imagine what could go wrong, so that you can adapt. | ||
| + | *You can't go (too far) wrong with ... red wines from the Rhone valley | ||
===''Futur proche''=== | ===''Futur proche''=== | ||
*I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair. (''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Wash_That_Man_Right_Outa_My_Hair South Pacific]'', 1949) | *I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair. (''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Wash_That_Man_Right_Outa_My_Hair South Pacific]'', 1949) | ||
Revision as of 01:22, 2 May 2020
Contents
[hide]Conjugation
Present: go(es) Past: went Participles: gone, going
Semantics
Basic
move from where you are. move elsewhere. Bouge!
- It's hard to get Margot to go anywhere.
Absent / on a mission
- gone: absent
- gone missing: concerningly absent
- gone fishing: out
gone + activity (shopping, dancing, running, bowling, riding, swimming, diving, sledding, sand-surfing, skateboarding, skating, etc.)
- I haven't gone since the lockdown began.
- begone! get thee away from here
- bygones: stuff that has happened
- Let bygones be bygones = forgive and forget
Perfective Aspect
- He's gone and said it.
- They've gone and done it. The leaders shut down the world to save us from a virus.
What went wrong?
- It's always a good idea to imagine what could go wrong, so that you can adapt.
- You can't go (too far) wrong with ... red wines from the Rhone valley
Futur proche
- I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair. (South Pacific, 1949)
