New2grammar  +  400149 Sat, 04 Aug 07 02:36 AM Every morning I am waken up by the sun shining though the window in my room. This sentence is not natural to me. Could you help me rephrase it and retain the meaning? Thanks New2grammar Joined on Tue, Nov 21 2006 Veteran Member 7,676 Who wants to go sailing around the world with me?

	CalifJim  +  400152 Sat, 04 Aug 07 02:41 AM It sounds all right to me, except for "waken up".  I'd use this: Every morning I am awakened by the sun shining through the window in my room. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,393 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Clive  +  400190 Sat, 04 Aug 07 05:35 AM Hi, In everyday speech, I'd say Every morning I am wakened up by the sun shining though the window in my room. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,600 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Feebs11  +  400445 Sat, 04 Aug 07 11:40 PM I would phrase this "Every morning I am woken by the sun..." Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015

	Loojka  +  400452 Sun, 05 Aug 07 01:33 AM Yes, but those are two verbs. "I am woken" would be the passive of the verb "wake" and "I am wakened" is the passive of "waken". Loojka Joined on Sat, Jul 21 2007 Serbia, Europe Full Member 158 I'm the person your mother warned you about :) Verbs

	Feebs11  +  400456 Sun, 05 Aug 07 02:03 AM  Loojka wrote: Yes, but those are two verbs. "I am woken" would be the passive of the verb "wake" and "I am wakened" is the passive of "waken". These are all parts of the same verb "to wake". Feebs11 Verbs

	CalifJim  +  400501 Sun, 05 Aug 07 07:16 AM Actually, there are four separate verbs.  I checked various dictionaries and websites.  I summarize my findings below. wake, woke1, waked2/woken/woke3 awake, awoke1, awaked2/awoken/awoke3 waken, wakened, wakened  [regular] awaken, awakened, awakened  [regular] 1Rarely, (a)waked. 2Preferred past participle according to American Heritage Dictionary. 3Rare or regional. All four are both transitive and intransitive, but the tendency is to use awake intransitively and waken transitively.  In the passive the tendency is to use the regular verbs awaken or waken.  Only wake takes up. CJ CalifJim Verbs

	Feebs11  +  400594 Sun, 05 Aug 07 12:42 PM But at the beginning of the day, are they not all the same? Feebs11