Idiom
- Idiom
- De broek dragen
- Meaning
- De baas zijn
- Dialect
- Leuvens
- ID
- 4955
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
De
broek
dragen
to be the boss (Lit.: to wear the pants)
- Alienability of possession
- Alienable
- How is possession expressed?
- External possession
- Direct object type
- Definite
- General structure
- V DO
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Aspect
- Simple
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
Possession
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Acceptability varies by speaker
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Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker