Re: "Have" as perfective auxilliary in various languages

LEE Sau Dan <danlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Christian> The kinds of verbs that use "be" as an auxiliary are
Christian> rather similar in German and French, reflexive verbs
Christian> being the major exception.

Reflexive verbs?

In French, reflexive verbs always form their compound tenses with
être (be), in German with haben (have). That disparaître (disappear)
requires avoir (have) as auxiliary is also surprising to Germans,
but otherwise semantically equivalent verbs in both languages by
and large go with the same auxiliary.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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