- In
theoretical linguistics, a
converb (abbreviated cvb) is a
nonfinite verb form that
serves to
express adverbial subordination:
notions like 'when',...
-
imperfect converb and the co**** verb bi "is", see below). The
resulting form
ending in -mbime has been
described as a
separate durative converb,
which expresses...
- modality/evidentiality. In
sentence linking, a
special role is pla**** by
converbs.
Modern Mongolian evolved from
Middle Mongol, the
language spoken in the...
-
comitative case of the
action noun. The
purposive converb expresses "in
order to". The
simultaneous converb expresses that an
action took
place "during" or...
-
participles and gerunds. Non-finite verb
forms in some
other languages include converbs,
gerundives and supines. The
categories of mood, tense, and or
voice may...
- (SVC) and
converb constructions. An SVC
expresses a
complex event composed by two or more
single events that
happen at the same time, and a
converb construction...
-
different conjugations: the perfective, imperfective,
jussive and the
converb. The main stem of the verb
already consists of all the
bases needed to...
- to the
complexities of the
progressive tense,
there are many auxiliary-
converb pairs that
encode a
range of aspectual, modal, volitional,
evidential and...
-
three degrees of consonants:
Armenian grammar has a
standard simultaneous converb (համակատար դերբայ) form for
every verb, the
formation of
which is realised...
- the
temporal converb (C) and the main verb (V):
Other non-temporal
converbs are:
perfective (completive) and
imperfective (durative)
converbs are identical...
