XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english
From: wugi@brol.invalid
Op 23/01/2026 om 20:42 schreef HenHanna@NewsGrouper:
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> wugi posted:
>> Express = uitdruk(ken), impress = indruk(ken)
>> Obviously loan translations. We have rather more of those in NL than in
>> D. Especially in scientific, linguistic etc jargon.
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> Thanks... (Almost) Every time I hear
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> ------- Para español, oprima dos.
Never saw that.
> i'm reminded that in Spanish, Press and Oppress are the same verb.
Don't think so. There's also apretar, and (more appropriate here) presionar.
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> in Jp, we sometimes use the terms Point-Past and Line-Past.
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Nice terms...
> Simple Past (Preterite/Indefinido): Used for completed, specific, or
one-time actions in the past. Think of these as "dots" on a timeline.
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> Imperfect (Imperfecto/Imparfait): Used for ongoing, repeated, habitual, or
unfinished actions in the past. It is often translated as "was/were [doing]"
or "used to [do]". Think of these as "lines" that set the scene.
... but not always to the point.
Often I see an item about, eg, circumstances of someone's death, start
with a sentence like
"Le 25 janvier 1903 mourait SoAndSo dans sa voiture."
With the meaning of a point-past.
When someone is describing what they have been doing at a given time,
they'll use perfect present to express point-past:
"Je me suis levé, je me suis lavé, j'ai petit-déjeuné, et je suis
sorti." Passé simple serves only in literature.
German also uses mainly perfect present in spoken conversation ("Er ist
aus dem Haus gekommen.") rather than preterit, which remains in written
form, eg, in subtitles of same ("Er kam aus dem Haus.").
OTOH in Dutch the past (tout court:) can be pointy or liney, depending
on context and adverbs.
Etc...
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