Idiom
- Idiom
- gin nagels hebbe um de kont te krabbe
- Meaning
- zo arm zijn als de mieren
- Dialect
- Groesbeeks
- ID
- 1051
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
gin
nagels
hebbe
um
de
kont
te
krabbe
to be as poor as a church mouse (Lit.: to have no nails to scratch one's butt)
- Alienability of possession
- Inalienable
- How is possession expressed?
- External possession
- Direct object type
- Definite
- General structure
- V DO CP[V DO]
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Is the verb either "zijn" or "hebben"?
- Hebben
- Aspect
- Simple
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
Possession
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker