Awake and derivatives

General   Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:33 pm GMT
I'm having a hard time with the usages of the verb, its tenses and when it is used with an object.
Please correct me if I'm wrong:
1) I awake at 5 am everyday = I wake up at 5 am everyday
2) I awoke at 5 am yesterday = I woke up at 5 am yesterday
3) I have awoken = I have waken up

1) I awake her at 5 am everyday = I wake her up at 5 am everyday
2) I awoke her at 5 am yesterday = I woke her up at 5 am yesterday
3) I have awoken her up = I have waken her up
Eagle   Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:33 pm GMT
The first 3) It should be "I have woken up." not "waken".

The other 3) should be "I have awoken her." The "up" isn't necessary. The second part should be "I have woken her up." not "waken".
Uriel   Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:19 pm GMT
To wake up = to awake or to awaken. You can use either form interchangeably. Dialects may vary in which form is more commonly used, but you'll always hear both. Just remember that if you want to use the "up" version, you should leave off the a- prefix. And while awakened is correct, it becomes woke up in the other version, not wakened up. (Once I heard a British singer sing "you'd better waken up", that that wouldn't ever be said in my dialect -- it would just be "you'd better wake up". So there are some variations!)
Benny   Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:58 am GMT
Also get up.
Another Guest   Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:30 pm GMT
Eagle said:
<The first 3) It should be "I have woken up." not "waken". >
You are wrong.
choose   Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:20 am GMT
Why is Eagle wrong Another Guest?
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wak·en (wā'kən) Pronunciation Key
v. wak·ened, wak·en·ing, wak·ens

v. tr.

1. To rouse from sleep; awake: The noise wakened me.
2. To rouse from a quiescent or inactive state; stir.
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So "waken" is the basic tense, and then you have 'wakened' for present participle. So, if you wish to put it in the latter tense, you'd say "I have wakened up," not "I have waken up." Wouldn't you?
Leasnam   Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:11 am GMT
'to wake' (intrans.) can also be used to mean "be awake"/"watch" as in: During the night hours he wakes (i.e. "is awake")

I know this only complicates the issue. sorry : \
Eagle   Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:45 am GMT
This is the base form since in 1) he says "I wake up at 5 am everyday".

wake (wāk) pronunciation

v., woke (wōk) or waked (wākt), waked or wok·en (wō'kən), wak·ing, wakes.

v.intr.

1.
1. To cease to sleep; become awake: overslept and woke late.
2. To stay awake: Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter.
3. To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness: suddenly woke to the danger we were in.
2. To keep watch or guard, especially over a corpse.

As you can see, the past participle is "woken". "Waken" is not listed.
Another Guest   Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:20 am GMT
Sorry. I read "The first 3)" as meaning "the first three".