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- 13-Jun-2011, 09:09 #1
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USe of "waken" "I just waken up."
Would one of you kind people please tell me why this sentence is either correct or incorrect.
Thanks.Last edited by tmaxwell83; 13-Jun-2011 at 09:22. Reason: I'm an idiot.
- 13-Jun-2011, 09:13 #2
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Teacher Re: USe of "waken" The past participle of 'wake' is 'woken.'
- 13-Jun-2011, 09:24 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: USe of "waken" Sorry, it turns out that I'm a complete idiot. What I actually meant to ask was this:
"I just waken up."
Why is THIS correct or incorrect?
Wake - woke - waken. And with "just" it is the past participle.
- 13-Jun-2011, 10:36 #4
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Teacher Re: USe of "waken" It's incorrect because "waken" is not a tense related to "wake".
Originally Posted by tmaxwell83 
I wake up at 7am every day.
I woke up at 7am every day.
I have woken up at 7am every day for the last 2 years.
I have just woken up.
I am just waking up.
Have you woken up yet?
You can also wake someone else up/awaken someone else.
Please go and wake up your brother. It's time for breakfast.
Please awake your brother.
- 13-Jun-2011, 14:25 #5
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: USe of "waken" Great stuff, thanks!
- 13-Jun-2011, 14:39 #6
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Re: USe of "waken" Please, excuse my meddling.
May I hope the following sentence is not wrong?
"I just now woke up."
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- 13-Jun-2011, 14:40 #7
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Teacher Re: USe of "waken" It's OK though I'd leave out "now". I just woke up = I woke up just this minute/very recently/in the last couple of minutes. I think the "now" is redundant. Originally Posted by vil
- 13-Jun-2011, 14:57 #8
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Re: USe of "waken" Hi emsr2d2,
Thank you for your recommendation, but I know that there is a rule in your language that with the adverb just the Present Perfect is used and with the expression just now the Past Indefinite is used.
I have just hired a new pianist from St. Joe - a Negro. (Dreiser)
I saw you come in just now. (Dreiser)
Probably the "written on the wall" sometimes is wrong?
I know that your advice is benevolent as well as it is beyond any doubt.
Thank you for your kindness.
V.Last edited by vil; 13-Jun-2011 at 15:02.
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