Really bad
by Hyperboreus, May 5, 2012
Messages: 16
Language: English
Hyperboreus (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 5:23:24 AM
vejktoro (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 5:39:06 AM
Almost a) these days. The -ly is loosing steam.
You could even say you want the car real bad. (Although this example suggests a speaker a little farther south then I, it is certainly acceptable and would raise no eyebrows.)
I'm on the North East Coast of North America, but I think its a widespread construction.
RiotNrrd (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 6:47:57 AM
I live in the Portland, Oregon area. You would not sound out of place in many areas around here, saying things that way. I've said things like that myself (although not in a formal setting).
I'd place it as semi-rural, small-town American English. But you'll hear it in the cities as well; just maybe not as much.
sudanglo (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 8:59:28 AM
omid17 (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 2:21:35 PM
darkweasel (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 3:25:24 PM
omid17:What does this thread have to do with Esperanto ?Nothing, but general linguistics threads have usually been tolerated here.
acdibble (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 6:22:00 PM
Leke (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 6:28:46 PM
Mi penige volas aŭton.
hebda999 (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 7:53:43 PM
Leke:Would you guys understand?:No, I wouldn't. Penige means something different to real bad. Perhaps urĝe...urĝege would do the job.
Mi volas penige aŭton.
TatuLe (User's profile) May 5, 2012, 8:10:22 PM
hebda999:I would probably say "Mi treege volas aŭton" or "Mi vere volas aŭton".Leke:Would you guys understand?:No, I wouldn't. Penige means something different to real bad. Perhaps urĝe...urĝege would do the job.
Mi volas penige aŭton.