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LouiST Posted 14 years ago
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In my grammar book is written down: 1. 'to' is used with 'make' in the passive. (We were made to work hard)
What does that mean? To isn't a verb? And what would be the active sentence of this?
Can you give me more examples?
Then secondly: We had that if the verb get fallowed by another one and the association between them is 'to', the negative is not 'don't, but 'not to'. For example:
I decided not to go to...
But is that always this way?
For example: want to + verb. (same with verb + verb-ing -> I thought of not going to the party)
I want to have a car.
I want not to have a car?
I had said: I don't want to have a car.
What are the rules there?
And thirdly: I learned the passive is built with 'to be' and 'get' is only used for the spoken language.
But I have often read it lately. Also in books. And I think they were corrected and they aren't written in spoken English. So what's the difference? And when do we use which one?
Thanks, LS
In my grammar book is written down: 1. 'to' is used with 'make' in the passive. (We were made to work hard)
What does that mean? To isn't a verb? And what would be the active sentence of this?
Can you give me more examples?
Then secondly: We had that if the verb get fallowed by another one and the association between them is 'to', the negative is not 'don't, but 'not to'. For example:
I decided not to go to...
But is that always this way?
For example: want to + verb. (same with verb + verb-ing -> I thought of not going to the party)
I want to have a car.
I want not to have a car?
I had said: I don't want to have a car.
What are the rules there?
And thirdly: I learned the passive is built with 'to be' and 'get' is only used for the spoken language.
But I have often read it lately. Also in books. And I think they were corrected and they aren't written in spoken English. So what's the difference? And when do we use which one?
Thanks, LS
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louiST 1. 'to' is used with 'make' in the passive. (We were made to work hard)What does that mean?
- louiST 1.
- 'to' is used with 'make' in the passive.
- (We were made to work hard)What does that mean?
- It means that you insert the word 'to' when changing the catenative 'make' construction from active to passive.
- The teachers made us read the whole book.
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louiST1. 'to' is used with 'make' in the passive. (We were made to work hard)What does that mean?It means that you insert the word 'to' when changing the catenative 'make' construction from active to passive.
The teachers made us read the whole book. [No to.]
We were made to read the whole book (by the teachers). [With to
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Thank you for your nice explanations.
One thing left: We use a very similar word for make (machen) in German, and that means the same as 'to do' but I think it's not the same here in English. What does it mean??
Is there another word for 'make' in these sentences:
The teachers made us read the whole book. [No to.]
We were made to read the whole book (by the teachers)
One thing left: We use a very similar word for make (machen) in German, and that means the same as 'to do' but I think it's not the same here in English. What does it mean??
Is there another word for 'make' in these sentences:
The teachers made us read the whole book. [No to.]
We were made to read the whole book (by the teachers)
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louiSTIs there another word for 'make' in these sentencesNo. 'make' is really the best word for this concept. German has many different ways of expressing the same idea, depending on the exact English sentence you're working with, so there isn't always exactly one word (like 'machen') that can be used in German to explain the English meanings of "make".
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Thank you very much!
I took a look at the website you had sent me and to the 'The part you're talking about', and it's very clear. I translated the sentences with the German-Verb you gave me in the 'part you're talking about' and it really makes perfect sense. Thank you!
LS
I took a look at the website you had sent me and to the 'The part you're talking about', and it's very clear. I translated the sentences with the German-Verb you gave me in the 'part you're talking about' and it really makes perfect sense. Thank you!
LS
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