- 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...
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comitative case of the
action noun. The
purposive converb expresses "in
order to". The
simultaneous converb expresses that an
action took
place "during" or...
- (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...
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infinitive phrase). Like
other non-finite verb
forms (like participles,
converbs,
gerunds and gerundives),
infinitives do not
generally have an expressed...
- the
temporal converb (C) and the main verb (V):
Other non-temporal
converbs are:
perfective (completive) and
imperfective (durative)
converbs are identical...
- 'participle' has been
applied to
forms that are
alternatively regarded as
converbs (see
Sirenik below), gerunds, gerundives, transgressives, and nominalised...
- p. 22–23. Bradley,
Jeremy Moss; Pischlöger,
Christian (2021-12-16). "
Converb constructions in Mari and Udmurt:
Russian loanwords as a
metric of productivity"...
-
independent clause. Non-finite verb
forms in some
other languages include converbs,
gerundives and supines. The
categories of mood, tense, and or
voice may...
