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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)
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#074;">Present</span>: go(es)
Past: went
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#074;">Past</span>: went
Participles: gone, going
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*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#074;">Participles</span>: gone, going
  
 
==Semantics==
 
==Semantics==
 
===Basic===
 
===Basic===
move from where you are.  move elsewhere. ''Bouge!''  
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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.
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*Go!  It's your turn.
  
 
===Absent / on a mission===
 
===Absent / on a mission===
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*gone fishing: ''out''
 
*gone fishing: ''out''
  
gone + activity (shopping, dancing, running, bowling, riding, swimming, diving, sledding, sand-surfing, skateboarding, skating, etc.)
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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.
 
*I haven't gone since the lockdown began.
  
*'''be'''gone! get thee away from here
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*'''be'''gone! get thee away from here...
*'''by'''gones: stuff that has happened
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*'''by'''gones: stuff that has happened, water under the bridge
 
*Let bygones be bygones = forgive and forget
 
*Let bygones be bygones = forgive and forget
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*The pain '''goes away''' after a while.
  
 
===Perfective Aspect===
 
===Perfective Aspect===
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===What went awry?===
 
===What went awry?===
*It's always a good idea to imagine what could go wrong, so that you can adapt.
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*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 go (too far) wrong with ... red wines from the Rhone valley
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*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 gone awry <span style="font-size:75%;">(<span style="color:#060;">əˈraɪ</span>)</span> = Something's gone wrong.    <span style="font-size:75%;color:#806;">''a-'' = on, ''[https://www.etymonline.com/word/wry wry]'' = crooked, twisted, sideways, upside down, etc. </span>
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*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>
*go down (The network has been going down all the time!)  
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*The network has been <span style="color:#307;">going down</span> all the time!   
*go dead (The phone line went dead.)
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*The phone line <span style="color:#307;">went dead</span>.
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*The alarm <span style="color:#307;">went off</span>.
  
 
===''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)
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*"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)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/wry
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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>
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*:<span style="font-size:75%;font-style:italic;">je vais à la Nouvelle Orléans.</span>
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*I'm going to go to New Orleans. <span style="color:#060;">aɪm 'gʌnə 'goʊ tə nʊ'''<sup>w</sup>ɔːr''' lɪnz</span>
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*:<span style="font-size:75%;font-style:italic;">je vais aller à la Nouvelle Orléans.</span>
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[[Category:100-en]]

Latest revision as of 15:09, 2 May 2020

Japanese woodblock of Guan Yu playing go while having a wound dressed. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861).

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.