- 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...
- phonology.
Sometimes written энхжин, with the
modal converb suffix -н
instead of the
imperfective converb suffix -ж.
Sometimes үүрдэ was also sung. бэхжүүлэж...
-
participles and gerunds.
Nonfinite verb
forms in some
other languages include converbs,
gerundives and supines. The
categories of mood, tense, and or
voice may...
- to the
complexities of the
progressive tense,
there are many auxiliary-
converb pairs that
encode a
range of aspectual, modal, volitional,
evidential and...
- an
affirmative or
negative form of the conjugation. In the perfect- and
converb conjugations they are
formed by
adding on suffixes. The imperfectiv- and...
- the
notable exception of
Uzbek due to
strong Persian-Tajik influence),
converbs,
extensive agglutination by
means of
suffixes and postpositions, and lack...
- (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...
