Hey British,Americans...i ve got a tiny q!!?!
Question: ppl when they wake up,u say they got up...
but when ppl go to sleep, why dont u say...they got down?
Answers: ppl when they wake up,u say they got up...
but when ppl go to sleep, why dont u say...they got down?
hahahaha
good one
english quirk i think?
because it's taken, like when you're desrcibing somone getting OUT from a car "should I get down"? ANd THAT is taken because "getting out" is synonomous with leaving, i.e. "I must get out of here!"
The English language is strange!
It goes back really far...
In German, it's the same: "aufstehen" (get up) and "schlafen gehen" (go to sleep).
English and German share a common ancestor.