Idiom
- Idiom
- Ik geef hem den pap in den mond
- Meaning
- hem op een indirecte maar vatbare wijze zeggen wat hij moet antwoorden
- Dialect
- Brugs
- ID
- 3555
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
Ik
geef
hem
den
pap
in
den
mond
to almost give him the solution (Lit.: I put the porridge in his mouth)
- Animacy of the open position
- Animate
- Direct object type
- Definite
- General structure
- V DO IO PP
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Open position
- IO
- Aspect
- Simple
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly not acceptable
Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker