Idiom

Idiom
Het zal zijn arme ziel niet baten
Meaning
Het kan den ongelukkige niet helpen
Dialect
Leuvens
ID
4953

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 240

Mostly acceptable

Het it zal will zijn his.SG.F arme poor ziel soul niet not baten benefit

it cannot help that unfortunate person (Lit.: it will not benefit his poor soul)

Possession

Alienability of possession
Inalienable
How is possession expressed?
Possessive pronoun

Structure

Direct object type
Possessive
General structure
V Neg DO Subj
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
Yes

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Tense
Future
Voice
Active

Sentences