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| + | [[File:Guanyu.jpg|thumb|right|Japanese woodblock of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yu Guan Yu] playing go while having a wound dressed. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861).]] | ||
==Conjugation== | ==Conjugation== | ||
| − | Present: go(es) | + | *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#074;">Present</span>: go(es) |
| − | Past: went | + | *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#074;">Past</span>: went |
| − | Participles: gone, going | + | *<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#074;">Participles</span>: gone, going |
==Semantics== | ==Semantics== | ||
===Basic=== | ===Basic=== | ||
| − | move from where you are. move elsewhere. ''Bouge!'' | + | move from where you are. move elsewhere. ''Bouge! Joue!'' |
*It's hard to get Margot to go anywhere. | *It's hard to get Margot to go anywhere. | ||
| + | *Go! It's your turn. | ||
| − | === | + | ===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, hunting, skating, drinking, etc.) | |
| − | + | *I haven't gone since the lockdown began. | |
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| − | + | *'''be'''gone! get thee away from here... | |
| − | gone + activity (shopping, dancing, running, bowling, riding, swimming, etc.) | + | *'''by'''gones: stuff that has happened, water under the bridge |
| − | *I haven't gone | + | *Let bygones be bygones = forgive and forget |
| − | + | *The pain '''goes away''' after a while. | |
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| − | 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. | ||
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| + | ===What went awry?=== | ||
| + | *It's always a good idea to imagine what could <span style="color:#307;">go wrong</span>, so that you can adapt. | ||
| + | *You can't <span style="color:#307;">go</span> (too far) <span style="color:#307;">wrong</span> with ... red wines from the Rhone valley | ||
| + | *Something's <span style="color:#307;">gone awry</span> <span style="font-size:75%;">(<span style="color:#060;">əˈraɪ</span>)</span> = Something's <span style="color:#307;">gone wrong</span>. <span style="font-size:75%;color:#806;">''a-'' = on, ''[https://www.etymonline.com/word/wry wry]'' = crooked, twisted, sideways, upside down, etc. </span> | ||
| + | *The network has been <span style="color:#307;">going down</span> all the time! | ||
| + | *The phone line <span style="color:#307;">went dead</span>. | ||
| + | *The alarm <span style="color:#307;">went off</span>. | ||
===''Futur proche''=== | ===''Futur proche''=== | ||
| − | *I'm | + | *"I'm gonna' wash that man right outa' my hair". (''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Wash_That_Man_Right_Outa_My_Hair South Pacific]'', 1949) |
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| + | The phonetic reduction <span style="color:#806;">Going to</span> --> <span style="color:#060;">'gʌnə</span> only happens when referring to an ''upcoming'' action/event/state. <span style="font-size:75%;">(something that will happen soon...)</span> | ||
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| + | *I'm going to New Orleans. <span style="color:#060;">aɪm 'goʊɪŋ tə nʊ'''<sup>w</sup>ɔːr''' lɪnz</span> | ||
| + | *:<span style="font-size:75%;font-style:italic;">je vais à la Nouvelle Orléans.</span> | ||
| + | *I'm going to go to New Orleans. <span style="color:#060;">aɪm 'gʌnə 'goʊ tə nʊ'''<sup>w</sup>ɔːr''' lɪnz</span> | ||
| + | *:<span style="font-size:75%;font-style:italic;">je vais aller à la Nouvelle Orléans.</span> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:09, 2 May 2020
Japanese woodblock of Guan Yu playing go while having a wound dressed. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861).
Contents
[hide]Conjugation
- Present: go(es)
- Past: went
- Participles: gone, going
Semantics
Basic
move from where you are. move elsewhere. Bouge! Joue!
- It's hard to get Margot to go anywhere.
- Go! It's your turn.
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, hunting, skating, drinking, etc.)
- I haven't gone since the lockdown began.
- begone! get thee away from here...
- bygones: stuff that has happened, water under the bridge
- Let bygones be bygones = forgive and forget
- The pain goes away after a while.
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 awry?
- 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
- Something's gone awry (əˈraɪ) = Something's gone wrong. a- = on, wry = crooked, twisted, sideways, upside down, etc.
- The network has been going down all the time!
- The phone line went dead.
- The alarm went off.
Futur proche
- "I'm gonna' wash that man right outa' my hair". (South Pacific, 1949)
The phonetic reduction Going to --> 'gʌnə only happens when referring to an upcoming action/event/state. (something that will happen soon...)
- I'm going to New Orleans. aɪm 'goʊɪŋ tə nʊwɔːr lɪnz
- je vais à la Nouvelle Orléans.
- I'm going to go to New Orleans. aɪm 'gʌnə 'goʊ tə nʊwɔːr lɪnz
- je vais aller à la Nouvelle Orléans.
