Idiom
- Idiom
- van wanten weten
- Meaning
- goed weten wat er te koop is, of wat 't leven eist en er zich door kunnen slaan
- Dialect
- Utrechts
- ID
- 71
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
van
wanten
weten
to know the ropes, to be hard worker, to be decisive (Lit.: to know from mittens)
- General structure
- V PP
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Aspect
- Simple
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Mostly not acceptable
Mostly acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker