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Re: puvlI'bogh (was Re: nughI')

Philip Newton ([email protected])

From: Philip Newton <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: puvlI'bogh (was Re: nughI')
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:02:08 +0200
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:44:45 +0200 (MEST), Lieven Litaer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Next question the comes to my mind: is that verb a transitive one? In German
> one can "fly an airplane"...

One can?

In my idiolect, that sounds wrong unless you're the pilot - I'd say,
perhaps "Ich habe das Flugzeug genommen/benutzt" but not "Ich habe das
Flugzeug geflogen" or even "Ich bin Flugzeug geflogen" (though "Ich
bin *mit* dem Flugzeug [nach X] geflogen" sounds good again).
-- 
Philip Newton <[email protected]>
HovpoH 2556.88

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