Kaj pomeni cheer for? Je to frazalni glagol? Ali se razlikuje od cheer up?

Odgovor maternega govorca
Rebecca
Cheer forni frazalni glagol. Vendar ni nerazumno razmišljati tako, saj se cheerin foruporabljata skupaj. Na ta način, če se cheerin foruporabljata skupaj, ju ni mogoče razvrstiti kot frazalne glagole, ker ne spodkopavajo pomena glavnega glagola verb. Ko navijamo za nekoga ali nekaj, ponavadi kričimo glagolski navijaški slogan, vendar je cheer upfrazalni glagol, ki pomeni, da želimo razbremeniti nekaj bede. Primer: I cheered for my friend at her graduation. = I shouted words of praise at my friend during her graduation. (Na maturi mojega prijatelja sem kričal pohvalo.) Primer: We were cheering for them to win. = We were loudly supporting them and hoping for them to win. (Glasno smo navijali v upanju, da bodo zmagali)