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According to some
linguistics theories, a
stative verb is a verb that
describes a
state of being, in
contrast to a
dynamic verb,
which describes an action...
- imperative; 3 persons: first, second, third; 2 numbers: singular, plural; 3
verboid forms: infinitive, gerund, and past participle. The
indicative mood is...
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existential gǒ (negative sí) is not a verb (White-Kaba, 1994,
calls it a "
verboid") and has no aspect; it
means "exist" and
usually links a noun
phrase to...
- 140). Example: volo (willing, wish, wish to, want to,
would like to). “
Verboids” (no. 463 to 482):
Names of
processes and states. Examples: acte (do, act...
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small number of
essential light verbs (up to 20),
which Hogben calls “
verboids” or “verbal operators”, like the 18 verb
operators of
Basic English. In...
