Like

From Creolista!
Revision as of 18:04, 6 June 2013 by WikiSysop (talk | contribs)
Jump to: navigation, search

preposition

translation

When like is a preposition, it is most often translated as comme. However when associated with a sense verb the meaning is of the two words together (looks like) is more "à l'air de":

  • looks like: avoir l'air de
  • feels like: se sentir / avoir un</li>
  • tastes like: <i>avoir le/un gout de
  • smells like: <i>avoir l'odeur de
    • It smells like gas in here.
    • It's smelling a bit like spring, at last.
  • sounds like: avoir l'air de: (au téléphone)


etymology



verb

For the translation, aimer (bien).
aimer (de l'amour) --> love

Verb + COD: valence 1, "transitive"

discourse marker


The comparative suffix -like

The associative prefix like-



The NP / ADV alike