More from our Syntacs Lesson - Now with Buzz Word Hat

Analyzing the sentence "It was a special type because Malia is allergic to dogs"
Note the "Buzz Word Hat" on Nadja's head! What's up with her word "was"?



The "Buzz Word Hat" (here beautifylly displayed by Ida) designed to mark special verbs which influence the sentence structure.

Rules:

1. Forms of TO GIVE, TO SEND, TO SHOW, TO LEND, TO TELL often take two objects, direct and indirect object (direkte og indirekte objekt)

E.g. They showed me (indirect object) their new car (direct object)

E.g. The bank lend Peter (indirect object) some money (direct object)

2. Forms of TO MAKE, TO CALL, TO REGARD, TO ELECT, TO CONSIDER, TO SEE often take object predicate (objektsprædikat)

E.g. The other children called her (direct object) stupid (object predicate)

E.g. We regarded him (direct object) as the greatest actor of his time (object predicate)

3. Forms of TO BE, TO SEEM, TO APPEAR, TO LOOK, TO SOUND, TO FEEL, TO SMELL, TO TASTE, TO BECOME, TO GET often take subject predicate (subjectsprædikat)

E.g. The weather is horrible (subject predicate)

E.g. The pizza smells good (subject predicate)