Idiom
- Idiom
- De man willen zijn
- Meaning
- de belangrijkste van de groep, haantje de voorste
- Dialect
- Loois
- ID
- 1119
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
De
man
willen
zijn
to want to be the most important person in the group, the ringleader, the top dog (Lit.: to want to be the man)
- Direct object type
- Definite
- General structure
- V DO
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Is the verb either "zijn" or "hebben"?
- Zijn
- Aspect
- Simple
- Modality
- Dynamic
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Mostly not acceptable
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