"verb" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Weak verbs are formed by adding alveolar (t or d) endings to the stem for the past and past-participle tenses.
- This is unusual from a Western viewpoint, though one parallel is that new Basque verbs are only formed periphrastically.
- However, as noted above, most finite verbs are formed periphrastically, using an auxiliary verb in conjunction with the verbal noun.
- Numerous perfective verbs are formed from simple imperfectives by prefixation.
- In the progressive tense, verbs are formed with a "be" verb + ing.
- Normal verbs can be formed using the following morpheme pattern:
- Many verbs are formed from nouns by addition of -le.
- Paʕal verbs are never formed from four-letter roots.
- Like paʕal verbs, nifʕal verbs are never formed from four-letter roots.
- Many verbs are formed from nouns or adjectives with -le:
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