Frame description

The lexical units in this frame have to do with Partners involved in personal relationships; sometimes they are mentioned separately (as Partner_1 and Partner_2). Some of the words denote people engaged in a particular kind of relationship, others denote the relationship itself, and still others the events bringing about or ending the relationships. Read the Details for these lexical units carefully -- German and English speakers use many of them in very different ways (in relation to both cultural meaning and grammatical use)!
 
Examples:
 
1. Jan und seine Kollegin haben die ganze Zeit miteinander geflirtet.1. Jan and his colleague flirted with each other the whole time.
2. Dank ihrer langjährigen Freundschaft weiß Hannah immer, was Emma denkt.2. Thanks to their long-standing friendshipHannah always knows what Emma is thinking.
3. In Mallorca lernte sie ihren Verlobten Sebastian kennen, einen 27-jährigen Fotografen.3. In Mallorca she met her fiancé Sebastian, a 27 year old Photographer.
 

Frame Elements

Frame Element descriptions (on hover):

Partner_2

The other person in the relationship (can be omitted).

Partner_1

The person in the relationship.

Partners

The joint construal of both partners in the relationship.