Difference between revisions of "Go"

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(Gone fishin'=)
(Absent / on a mission)
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*gone fishing: ''out''
 
*gone fishing: ''out''
  
gone + activity (shopping, dancing, running, bowling, riding, swimming, etc.)
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gone + activity (shopping, dancing, running, bowling, riding, swimming, diving, sledding, sand-surfing, skateboarding, skating, etc.)
*I haven't gone riding since the lockdown began.
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*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===
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*He's gone and said it. 
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*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?==
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*It's always a good idea to imagine what could go wrong, so that you can adapt.
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*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 00:22, 2 May 2020

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)