USe of "waken"

[tmaxwell83]

"I just waken up."

Would one of you kind people please tell me why this sentence is either correct or incorrect.

Thanks.

 

[bwkcaj_ca]

The past participle of 'wake' is 'woken.'

 

[tmaxwell83]

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.

 

[emsr2d2]

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.

It's incorrect because "waken" is not a tense related to "wake".

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.

 

[tmaxwell83]

Great stuff, thanks!

 

[vil]

Please, excuse my meddling.

May I hope the following sentence is not wrong?

"I just now woke up."

V.

 

[emsr2d2]

Please, excuse my meddling.

May I hope the following sentence is not wrong?

"I just now woke up."

V.

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.

 

[vil]

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.