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Re: to bed vs. to the bed

Agnieszka Solska ([email protected])

• From: "Agnieszka Solska" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: to bed vs. to the bed
• Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 20:35:57 +0000
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lab ...Paul:

>Ahem, www.dictionary.com:
>
>Bed:
>
>v.intr.
>  1.  To go to bed.

>However, "bed" is also an intransitive verb, though most people don't think 
>of it that way.

Daj.

jIjatlhDI': <<I went to bed>>, qar mu'tlheghvam.
qar'a' je mu'tlhegh <<I bedded>>?

jIjatlhDI': <<When did he go to bed?>>, qar mu'tlheghwIj.
qar'a' je mu'tlhegh <<When did he bed?>>?

lab je ...Paul:

>The phrase "go to bed" is somewhat idiomatic in the fact that no one today 
>would say it thinking that "bed" is a verb in this case.

toH "He went to bed" jatlhlu'DI' wot Da mu' "bed" 'e' Daqap.
loQ mu'tlheghvam rur latlh DIvI' Hol mu'tlheghmey:

"He went to school"
"He went to church"
"He went to sea" (embarked on a nautical carrier)
"He went to market"
"He went to prison"
"He went to hospital" (British usage)

mu'tlheghmeyvamDaq wotmey Dalaw'be' mu'mey "school",
"church", "sea", "market", "prison", "hospital" je. le'qu'law' wot "bed" 
neH.

'ISqu'

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