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a question about the sentence“Summ is just begun” Why does it say “is begun”,why not say“has begun”?ps:I saw this sentence in a movie.Yes,sorry,I dont know why I lost two letters-_-! "Summer is just begun".Could you answer my question?Thanks a lot.to Andi: Yes,It's summer,I dont know why the last two letters disappeared-_-!.In the movie,the fairy says "Summer is just begun",I wonder why She uses "is",not "has".
2010년 10월 14일 오전 6:38
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If the sentence is "Summer's just begun", then that makes sense. Summer's = summer is / summer has. You know it's "Summer has.." (past tense) because of the following word "begun".
2010년 10월 14일
It also might be a throw-back to Olde English. German still has the thing where some of their verbs use as an auxiliary the equivalent of "have" (haben) and some use the equivalent of "be" or "is" (sein or ist). It used to be this way in Olde English also and is still apparent in the works of Shakespeare. I think probably an Englishman or Englishwoman of today who is very educated in literature might speak this way once at times when they are feeling their literary heritage. I'm sure it was more common in the past.
2010년 10월 14일
In the movie,the turn of seasons need fairies’ help. The fairies use magic to change the seasons. The above comments represent only individual opinions. : )
2010년 10월 27일
"Summer's just begun" was the way a lot of English poems started .It was also a song from the movie High school musical "A real summer has just begun! Let's rock and roll and just let go, feel the rhythm of the drums We're gonna have fun in the sun Now that all the hard work, work is done! Everybody, one for all and all for one! All for one, one!"
2010년 10월 14일
I think you meant Summer has just begun.
2010년 10월 14일
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