Difference between revisions of "Go"

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*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)
  
Going to --> gonna' is only possible when it is being used to speak of a near future.
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Going to --> <span style="color:#060;font-size:75%;">'gʌnə</span> is only possible when it is being used to speak of a near future.
  
I'm going to New Orleans.  (in this sentence the /t/ of "to" will be pronounced) (je vais à la Nouvelle Orléans.)
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*I'm going to New Orleans.  <span style="color:#060;font-size:75%;">aɪm 'goʊɪŋ tə nʊ'''<sup>w</sup>ɔːr''' lɪnz</span> (je vais à la Nouvelle Orléans.)
I'm going to go to New Orleans. <span style="color:#060;font-size:75%;">aɪm gʌnəgoʊtə nʊ'''<sup>w</sup>ɔːr''' lɪnz</span>
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*I'm going to go to New Orleans. <span style="color:#060;font-size:75%;">aɪm 'gʌnə 'goʊ tə nʊ'''<sup>w</sup>ɔːr''' lɪnz</span>

Revision as of 00:55, 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 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.
  • go down (The network has been going down all the time!)
  • go dead (The phone line went dead.)

Futur proche

  • I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair. (South Pacific, 1949)

Going to --> 'gʌnə is only possible when it is being used to speak of a near future.

  • 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