Idiom
- Idiom
- Aan het vijlen/zagen zijn
- Meaning
- luid snurken of zeuren
- Dialect
- Wambeeks
- ID
- 1383
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
Aan
het
vijlen/zagen
zijn
to snore loudly or to nag (Lit.: to be filing/sawing)
- General structure
- V PP
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Is the verb either "zijn" or "hebben"?
- Zijn
- Aspect
- Progressive
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Mostly acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly acceptable