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domnitza
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Another one: COME , not came! (shame on me!)
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9 Dec 2008
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domnitza
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Vickiii, too.
I don�t know any Romanian words that could get along with the word you told us about. I have a toddler, too, and the way he speaks is an every-day-miracle, I usually don�t understand what he says. He is crazy about the vacuum cleaner, which in Romanian is <aspirator>, but he names it ABU. So <abu> is the word he says all the time.  I heard older toddlers speaking and I was totally confused, as if they had spoken a secret language. |
9 Dec 2008
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CILB
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I have found this. I hope it helps.
QUESTION-TAG 1
Whenever we use an auxiliary or anomalous verb in an affirmative sentence, the Q.T.1 must be formed by repeating the verb in its negative interrogative form, as:
He is a doctor, ISN�T HE?
They were sleeping, WEREN�T THEY?
We must study, MUSTN�T WE?
But:
I am a student, AREN�T I?
She may come later, MAY SHE NOT?
There are two boys outside, AREN�T THERE?
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9 Dec 2008
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wolfy
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I think if you had to absolutley must add a tag, then it would probably go the same way as "I am a teacher, Am I not? �Because may not and Am not are never contracted. �Having said that there is an alternative for Am I not?: Aren�t I? �So maybe there�s an alternative to "May he not"
So He may go, may he not? sounds strange but gramatically I think is OK, although as I and Vicki mentioned we wouldn�t actually use it. |
9 Dec 2008
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alien boy
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Another thing re may & might - I believe that etymologically speaking �might� is the past tense of �may�. Might is also a conditional irregular form of may. This means the tag may be perfectly acceptable as �He may come, mightn�t he?� (which isn�t that uncommon in Australian English). �Mayn�t� is actually perfectly acceptable (it is in Merriam Webster & the Oxford Dictionaries, for example), but archaic, so you�re unlikely to hear it on the street or read it in a magazine.
Cheers
B-)
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9 Dec 2008
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Zora
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You know, I was reading this topic and at first I thought that "He may come, mightn�t he?" sounded okay as an answer .. but then, I just said to myself that maybe I am wrong and just thought I heard it somewhere...since it seemed strange to put a "mightn�t" with a "may"...
Thank you alien boy for clearing that up for me...
Linda
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9 Dec 2008
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