Really bad
ca, kivuye
Ubutumwa 16
ururimi: English
Hyperboreus (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 05:23:24
vejktoro (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 05:39:06
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 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 06:47:57
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 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 08:59:28
omid17 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 14:21:35
darkweasel (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 15:25:24
omid17:What does this thread have to do with Esperanto ?Nothing, but general linguistics threads have usually been tolerated here.
acdibble (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 18:22:00
Leke (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 18:28:46
Mi penige volas aŭton.
hebda999 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 19:53:43
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 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Rusama 2012 20:10:22
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.