Dec 8, 2006 14:34
17 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
modificação verbal com o significado
Portuguese to English
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Linguistics
Verbs
Nesta língua, a modificação verbal com o significado em questão se dá com a palavra adverbial pré-verbal XXX.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | shift to this meaning of the verb |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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| 4 +1 | verbal modification with the meaning |
Nadia Morais
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Change log
Dec 8, 2006 14:34: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
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United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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shift to this meaning of the verb
This is a tough one! My interpretation:
"In this language, the shift to this meaning of the verb is triggered by the presence of the preverbal adverb XXX."
In other words, the preverbal adverb XXX causes the verb to change its meaning to the meaning in question (apparently mentioned in previous text).
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2006-12-09 22:29:12 GMT)
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Based on your additional information, I'm guessing that "the meaning in question is that the event/action HAD already taken place in the past -- maybe like a plurperfect in English or Portuguese. SO the idea is:
The preverbal adverb XXX changes the meaning of the verb to imply that the event/action had already taken place in the past.
"In this language, the shift to this meaning of the verb is triggered by the presence of the preverbal adverb XXX."
In other words, the preverbal adverb XXX causes the verb to change its meaning to the meaning in question (apparently mentioned in previous text).
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2006-12-09 22:29:12 GMT)
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Based on your additional information, I'm guessing that "the meaning in question is that the event/action HAD already taken place in the past -- maybe like a plurperfect in English or Portuguese. SO the idea is:
The preverbal adverb XXX changes the meaning of the verb to imply that the event/action had already taken place in the past.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Excellent! :) I'm going with your last and most detailed suggestion. Thanks for taking the time..."
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Nadia Morais
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Portugal
EN,FR,ES>PT Translation & subtitling
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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4
verbal modification with the meaning
In this language, the verbal modification with the meaning in question occurs with the pre-verbal adverb.
It should be as simple as that...
It should be as simple as that...
Peer comment(s):
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Sean Linney (X)
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Discussion
That didn't help, did it?
This is a footnote appearing after the beginning of a chaper on the "temporal morpheme". The preceding sentences are as follows:
XXX, algum tempo passado - ‘já’. Ocorre em construções clausais para salientar que o evento/ação descrito pelo verbo já tomou lugar no passado.*