Crackers

[Bernard Fradin]

Dear Frans and everybody,

As expected, in French nothing corresponds exactly to the situation  
we observe in English.
The verb that corresponds to crack is craqueler (and not craquer). We  
can have the following:

(1)  Le vase a une craquelure  (< craqueler+ure, -ure nouns regularly  
denote the result cf. blessure 'wounding' < blesser 'to wound').

(2) a. Le vase est craquelé.
	b. Le vase se craquèle. but
	c. *Le vase craquèle.

However, we do have (3); other examples in TLF:

(3) La chaleur a craquelé le vase.
       'Heat cracks the vase'

For fissurer < lat. fissura 'small crack', the distribution is  
slightly different and more in keeping with what we have in German:

(4)  Le vase a une fissure.
(5) a.  Le vase est fissuré.
	b. Le vase se fissure.
	c. *Le vase fissure.
(6) *La chaleur a fissuré le vase'

but (7) is ok, obviously:

(7)  La chaleur a fait se fissurer le vase.
	'Heat make the vase crack'

Best,

Bernard

Le 24 juin 08 à 13:15, Frans Plank a écrit :

Crackers


Bernard Fradin
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