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Here's one found in common parlance in English: "We are doomed." That is, we are presently in a state of having had judgment passed upon us in the near past.
by cvoss 3y ago
Here's one found in common parlance in English: "We are doomed."
That is, we are presently in a state of having had judgment passed upon us in the near past.
That statement is sometimes made prior to any judgment being passed, but in certain expectation of such a judgment.
- mathisfun123 3y agomore commonly rendered as "we're fucked" or, when the interlocutor is lucky, "you're fucked".
- denton-scratch 3y ago"Doomed" in common parlance doesn't mean judgment has been passed; it just means that our unhappy future has become certain. "Damned" does mean that judgement has been passed - is that what you meant?
- carlosjobim 3y agoCommon parlance is wrong a lot of times. Doomed means exactly that judgement has been passed, which means that something has become certain to happen. By God, by providence or by the laws of nature, whatever you wish to call it.
- nerdponx 3y agoYes but that doesn't mean it's necessarily prophetic perfect tense. It might be the case that the doom-ing occurred yesterday, and today we are just awaiting the doom that will arrive tomorrow.
- feoren 3y agoI was going to argue that's due to the definition of "doom", but actually this works with all sorts of other similar phrasing, so I find myself agreeing with you: "We're dead" "We're fucked" "We're rich!"