vertellen

raconter 

tell

I. 

'te kennen geven, meedelen'

'faire savoir'

'to make known, to give information' 

1.
NP___dat Pfin ((aan) NP[h]) (over/van NP)

2.
NP___wh Pfin ((aan) NP[h])

3. 
NP___of Pfin ((aan) NP[h])

4.
NP___(NP) ((over/ van) NP) ((aan) NP[h]) 

5.
NP___te Pinf₁ ((aan) NP[h]) 

1. 
>>> dire / NP___ que Pfin (à NP[h]) (de NP)

2.
>>> dire / NP___wh Pfin (à NP[h]) 

3.
>>> dire

4. 
>>> dire / NP___ (NP) (de/sur NP) (à NP[h]) 

5.
>>> 1. 

1.
NP___ (that) Pfin NP[h]
 

2.
NP___ wh Pfin NP[h] 

3.
NP___ if Pfin NP[h]

4.
NP___ (NP) ((about/of) NP / about/of wh Pfin) ((to) NP[h])

5. 
>>> 1. 

II.

 'opdragen, bevelen, onderrichten'

'ordonner, commander, donner des instructions'

'to given someone a direction or order, to instruct' 

1.
>>> zeggen

2.
>>> zeggen 

3.
>>> zeggen 

1. 
>>> dire

2.
>>> dire 

3.
>>> dire 

1. 
NP___NP[h] to Pinf₂

2.
NP___NP[h] (that) Pfin

3.
NP___NP[h] wh Pfin/ (wh) Pinf₂ 

III. 

'onderscheiden, uit elkaar houden, uitmaken'

'distinguer, savoir'

'to decide, to determine, to distinguish' 

1.
>>> uitmaken

2.
>>> onderscheiden

3.
>>> onderscheiden 

1. 
>>> dire / savoir

2.
>>> distinguer

3.
>>> distinguer 

1. 
NP___if/wh/(that) Pfin (from/by NP)

2.
NP___NP (apart) from NP

3.
NP___NP apart 

IV. 

'beginnen te wegen op, zichtbaar worden'

'se faire sentir sur, produire un effet sur'

'to produce a noticeable effect' 

1.
>>> wegen

1. 
>>> sentir 

1. 
NP begin to___(on NP[h]) 

V. 

'verraden, verklikken'

'rapporter contre, dénoncer'

'to inform against' 

1.
>>> verraden

1. 
>>> dénoncer 

1. 
NP___(NP[h]) on NP[h]

VI. 

'in het nadeel/voordeel pleiten van'

'jouer contre/en faveur de'

'to have a good or bad influence on' 

1.
>>> pleiten

1. 
>>> jouer 

1. 
NP[nh]___against/in favour of NP[h] 

VII 

'iemand berispen, op z'n plaats zetten'

'réprimander, gronder'

'to reprimand, to scold' 

1.
>>> berispen

1. 
>>> réprimander 

1. 
NP___NP[h] off

VIII. 

'zich bij het tellen vergissen'

'compter mal'

'to miscount' 

1.
NP zich___

1. 
>>> compter 

1. 
>>> miscount

voorbeelden - exemples - examples

NL

I.1.
Nu vertellen ze hun ouders dat ze lid moeten worden van het ANC.
Toen ik aan hem vertelde dat het huis in zijn geest was gemaakt, zei hij: "Bien sûr."
Hij vertelde aan een plaatselijk radio­station dat de KGB hem in 1970 had aangeworven.
"Wij moesten het huis waarin we eerst zaten ontruimen onder bedreiging door de mujahedeen", vertelt Francisco Guevarra van Artsen zonder grenzen.

I.2.
Misschien dat de redactie ook eens iemand uit kan nodigen die particulieren vertelt welke fondsen je moet verkopen en wanneer.
"Kan iemand mij vertellen hoe ik door de bocht moet?", vroeg ik.

I.3.
Niemand heeft verteld of de boegdeuren goed dicht zitten.
Over boeken verschijnen vaak besprekingen in kranten en tijdschriften. Die kunnen je ook vertellen of een boek de moeite waard is. Of juist niet.
En het verhaal is niet de boodschap: er wordt ons niet verteld of Madame Bovary goed of slecht was.

I.4.
In ritmisch opzicht gebeurt er weinig maar er wordt prachtig "verteld", zowel in de solo's als in de contrapuntische passages.
Vertel eens, wat zou je graag willen hebben?
Jane Campion vertelt in haar rijkgelaagde, wonderlijk mooie derde speelfilm over de Victoriaans­pure sensualiteit van een Schotse vrouw.
Tussen al het gebeuren door bleef hij mij van de school vertellen.
De bastaarden van de Profeet is een groot uitgevallen pamflet. Het vertelt over de vernietiging van Algerije.
De slechtste manier om iets over een boek te vertellen, is het verhaal samen te vatten.
Hij kon mij maar weinig van het Nederlandse leven van zijn vader vertellen.
Zo vertelt dit proefschrift toch nog heel veel en ook veel interessants over de praktijk.
Ik praat veel. In het algemeen vertel ik graag aan anderen over haar eenvoud, haar echtheid, haar souplesse, haar glans.
Niemand mag ooit iets zeggen dat ze niet leuk vinden, of een grap vertellen die ze niet aanstaat.
De kinderen moeten elkaar een aantal "waarheden" vertellen die boven de buis geschreven staan.
Hij veert op om anecdotes te vertellen.
Dat heb ik de commissie duidelijk verteld.
De gevonden vijfenzeventig stenen vertellen een even verrassend verhaal.
Ter Beek vraagt Perry of hij het al meteen aan de tien parlementariërs mag vertellen die in de grote zaal voor de plenaire vergadering op hem wachten.
We gedogen dat het vervoer van expressegoed bestaat maar we vertellen het verder aan niemand.
De volgende dag vertel ik het voorval aan iemand en ondertussen wil ik het kapotte lusje laten zien.

I.5.
Schenk vertelt "zeer geschrokken" te zijn van het ernstige ongeluk van Monique Velzeboer.
Hij vertelde van zijn vaders kant van Noorse afkomst te zijn.

FR 

I.1.
Lyndall Sachs, porte parole de l'antenne du HCR à Belgrade, raconte que des réfugiés ont été dirigés vers un centre d'entraînement à Nis.
J'ai réussi à décourager les Chamulas de Chenalho de s'engager dans cette affaire, lorsqu'ils m'ont raconté qu'ils avaient été approchés par des membres de l'Association nationale des paysans indépendants Emiliano Zapata.
Certes, il y a cent ans, raconte l'architecte Bing Thom, dont le grand père a émigré à la fin du XIX siècle, près de la moitié des habitants de ce port étaient des Chinois, venus comme coolies dans le chemin de fer ou attirés par l'or.
"Lorsque, dans le rapide crépuscule, de Gaulle, sur la rive du Congo, décora la fille du roi qui avait traité avec Brazza et, avec une gaucherie superbe, lui donna l'accolade, ces Français dont j'étais, venu d'un pays encore humilié, se sentirent transportés d'espoir", raconte Jacques Berque.
On y écoute Christophe Profit, escaladeur, s'essayer à une description philosophique de son environnement et Thierry Grand, géologue, raconter de quelle manière, tectonique des plaques oblige, les Alpes se rapprochent du Massif central, poussées par la péninsule italienne.
Simone Veil raconte sous le portique de sinistre mémoire portant l'inscription "Arbeit macht frei", combien elle était "contente" de venir tous les matins, pendant quelques semaines, de Birkenau au premier camp d'Auschwitz pour y travailler.
Louis Jouvet surtout dont Copeau raconte qu'il prit conscience de son talent en le voyant dormir dans les coulisses.

I.2.
Quand j'ai raconté à Abramov ce que représentait mon appartement, il m'a dit drôlement : "Alors, on peut écrire quelque chose d'intéressant même sur une ville!"
Ainsi le premier ministre nous a-t-il raconté comment son propre convoi officiel a été intercepté, le 17 décembre dernier, par la police militaire à l'entrée de Sanaa, comme s'il s'agissait du plus vulgaire des individus.

I.3.
A ses copains, il ne raconte rien des enlèvements. Sauf une fois, une seule, un terrible "je déteste mon père" à l'une de ses camarades.
"Je crois que ce que Leïla Shahid a à raconter de sa vie de femme arabe dans un monde politique composé d'hommes, une femme habitant le Berry peut le comprendre et en tirer force pour elle même", insiste le journaliste.
Henri Wolff, un autre rescapé de Birkenau, ne veut pas raconter, sauf à rectifier ou préciser quand l'ignorance est trop flagrante.
Ceux, trop rares, qui essaient de sortir de ce mauvais pas racontent leurs mésaventures.
Le film raconte l'enfance du réalisateur durant l'Occupation, lorsqu'il vivait avec sa famille dans un manoir un peu délabré, en partie réquisitionné par les Allemands.
Elle lui raconte ses bons souvenirs de lingère et repart, un grand sourire aux lèvres.
Ce soir­là, Planète délaissait les contrées lointaines pour nous raconter l'histoire loufoque et triste d'un petit milliardaire lyonnais, nommé David Hosnansky.

I.4.
L'un d'entre eux raconte avoir vu débarquer dans son agence "un proche du président Mobutu."
Il raconte avoir fui son champ, samedi 9 avril. Sur eux, sur lui, il n'y a rien d'autre à raconter.

EN 

I.1.
Britain's most senior policewoman, Assistant Chief Constable Alison Halford, of Merseyside Police, has told an industrial tribunal that she is victim of sex discrimination.
I didn't know him, but I'm told he was a very nice man.
It takes modern science to tell us that consciousness is a state of the brain.
They have lost heart, stashed away their manuscripts and told themselves they were never really writers anyway.
Lord Blakenham, chairman of the FT's owner, Pearson, tells me: "To say that Richard Lambert's job is in jeopardy is complete nonsense."
"Money makes the world go round", we are told by some.
I told him about the telly that it's a bit beyond redemption.
A verse inscription on the skirt tells that it was dedicated to the goddess by Nikandre of Naxos, whose father, brother and husband are also named.
Anyway, while under heavy fighter attack from the rear, Charlie calls up to tell that neither of his guns were working.
They could see I was taking it easier on some of the sessions and they told me so.
Neither good taste nor wealth, as novelists keep telling us, can transform a house into a home, for a home does not consist in the quality of its architecture or decor, but in the quality of the lives that it expresses.
NP[h] rarely left out.

I.2.
Can anybody tell me what the Pink Floyd sample record is really called?
Could you tell me where you were born?
The second list tells you which foods naturally contain those items - but remember, if you really cannot bring yourself to eat a particular range of foods, it is always possible to take the lacking vitamin in tablet form.

I.3.
A good solicitor will tell you if the expenses you are likely to incur (including the solicitors' own fees) will outweigh any financial benefit to be gained from your action.

I.4.
Thank you for telling me.
In itself, a date tells us nothing: it only takes on meaning when it is part of a series.
"My dear," he said to his wife, "aren't you going to tell our guests about our new addition to the dining-room?"
After our article on reincarnation, "You Only Live (At Least) Twice" (May SHE), dozens of you wrote to tell us of your experiences of past lives.
"Nevil has told us so much about you," Mrs Sanderson said as she shook her hand.
I suppose there's no harm in telling you a little of the background.
I could see that he was rather cross with me, and soon he told me the reason.
Owen Anderson kicks off by telling you the physical changes that occur when you run 26.2 miles.
Producers and distributors are required to tell consumers relevant information concerning their products.
The next day I overheard her telling Mother about how that spasmo ballet company had cancelled the rest of their performances and gone home.
The politicians will not tell us of what is happening to the environment.
Of course this figure tells one nothing at all about why the material has the strength which it has and whether it ought to be stronger.
Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking.
He told of his own difficulties in finding time to read all the variable essays submitted and knew of many that were never sent in at all.
The centre of this novel is the interpolated tale of the dead and beloved Tom Outland, who discovers a prehistoric and beautiful city in the sun on the mesa, and tells about it in immediate, enthusiastic prose.
"Promise you won't tell, Bruce, but actually, it was Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto."
Why don't you tell the truth, Mr Prentice? I'm telling you the truth! Three of the four he had interviewed personally had been evasive, or told outright lies.
Maybe he was telling me lies.
The statistics are impressive enough, but they hardly tell the story.
With real magic and feeling, Betty Burton tells an unforgettable story of soaring love and ambition.
When I had told my story to the minister, he introduced me to Ivan Feigelson (known to his friends as Ika), a young medical student of Russian emigré parentage.
Ruth told them her news.
"Once you tell a secret to another person it no longer is a secret," Maxine pointed out.
NP[h] rarely left out, obligatory adressee element NP[h] with 'about/of NP'. 

EN

II.1.
Tell these people to go home!
He put a thousand-franc note on his bedside table and told the porter to let Modigliani in whenever he wanted.
Leading editors in Peking were told to toe the new line at a conference organised by the Communist Party's propaganda department.
A sign told visiting gentlemen to remove their hats.

II.2.
Be firm, and tell him that he must either pull his weight or leave.
As he was washing, she told him that he was to go to the market for a pig.
After the receptionist picked herself off the floor she told me I had better call in the fire brigade.
"My supporters in Birkenhead have been telling me I should not be in a mood to compromise," he said.

II.3.
She wants her image "sorted out" before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation, to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public.
We have come to rely more and more on books, classes and professional advice to tell us how to give birth and bring up children.
Diana, wearing a pale blue fitted jacket and navy velvet skirt, giggled nervously as she was told exactly where to stand with her husband.
For the first time, everybody living within the evacuation zone was given a special "action card" telling them what to do in a crisis.
Topaz had never been with a man before, but some instinct told her how to arouse Andrew.

EN

III.1.
A spokeswoman for the hospital said: "It will be a couple of months before we can tell if the treatment has been successful."
No one can tell whether a corrupt and collapsing Communist party can retain any share in power.
It is impossible to tell, from the physical attributes of a nerve impulse, whether it is conveying information about light, about sound or about smell.
If you're Irish or Polish, no one can tell by your skin, they can only tell by your name.
Another suggestion is that the stripes confuse the lion by making it difficult to tell where one zebra ends and another begins.
You can tell he used to be a Radio 1 DJ.
One way a visiting alien would be able to tell that the male/female difference is not just an insignificant human variation is by observing how obsessively, how incessantly we talk about it.

III. 2.
If you should stroll into a pub and meet an analyst and a user talking about work, and you cannot tell one from the other, they have probably developed a successful system together.
Roger From the Practice couldn't tell emphysema from the common cold.
Sir Walter Scott called barefoot and ragged wild mountain Scots lads "gillie wetfoots", saying he could not tell them apart from the fairies who "beat the bushes".

III.3.
There are more than 600 varieties of mint which interbreed so readily that it can be hard to tell them apart.

EN

IV.1.
The delays and frustrating disappointments of trying to keep to an eighteen-month construction schedule in the Caribbean were beginning to tell on them all.
Meantime, the build-up to D-Day went on, and the strain of waiting began to tell.

EN

V.1.
"I won't tell on you if you don't tell on me," Twomey called after her.
In fact, I've a good mind to tell Sam on you. 

EN

VI.1.
Turning to the evidence, he stressed those aspects of it which told against Meehan and in favour of Waddell.

EN

VII.1.
The social worker complained bitterly about the fact that Mrs X had left the home, and told her off.
Dad's always telling me off about watching too much TV.
All I remember is that at one point he walked along with one foot on the kerb and the other in the gutter and was told off for limping.

NL 

VIII.1.
Oei, ik heb me verteld. (OE)