Idiom
- Idiom
- Van de hand van God geslagen zijn
- Meaning
- Verbaasd zijn
- Dialect
- Leuvens
- ID
- 4936
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
Van
de
hand
van
God
geslagen
zijn
to be surprised, flabbergasted, astonished (Lit.: to be hit by the hand of God)
- Alienability of possession
- Inalienable
- How is possession expressed?
- Prepositional phrase
- General structure
- V PP
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Is the verb either "zijn" or "hebben"?
- Zijn
- Aspect
- Simple
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Passive
Possession
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker