VerbForm: form of verb or deverbative
| Values: | Conv | Fin | Inf | NomAg | Part | Vnoun |
Even though the name of the feature seems to suggest that it is used
exclusively with verbs, this is not the case.
The Part value can also be used with adjectives, while
the NomAg and Vnoun value can also be used with nouns.
Conv: converb, gerund
The converb, also called adverbial participle or traditionally gerund, is a non-finite verb form that shares properties of verbs and adverbs.
Examples
- кона эцезь эцеф видьмода-эрьгада “which is really (lit. stuffing) stuffed with seeds and perls”
Fin: finite
Finite verb occurs in the conditional, subjunctive (aka conjunctive), conditional-subjunctive desiderative indicative, imperative, optative or precative.
Examples
- сими “he/she/it drinks”
- корхтайхть “they talk”
Inf: infinitive
The (first) infinitive is the citation form of verbs /-Oms/. It is also appears as the argument of modal and other verbs.
Examples
- эряви симомс “have to drink”
- эряви корхтамс “have to talk”
NomAg: Nomen Agensis
The Nomen Agensis is derived from a verb with an agent or performer, and it represents the nominalization of the subject. -Ы
Examples
- [mdf] — Вов вдь мянь коза пачфти тяфтама ётафтысь. “— So, you even see where this kind of conductor will get you..”
Part: Participle
Words in participle forms are assigned the VerbForm value Part.
Participle forms are further differentiated using the feature
PartForm.
Examples
- [mdf] — колмоцьке танкатне ульсть путфт вастоваст “— all three of the tanks were put in their places”
Sup: supine aka second/nominative/locative infinitive
The second infinitive in /-Omo-/, /-Oma/ aka the nominative, locative or even supine. Before a possessive suffix the Schwa is written in ‹o›, but word-finally in ‹a›. Like its Finnish, Estonian and Slavic counterparts is used instead of the first infinitive as the argument of motion verbs and inchoative verbs.
Examples
- ушедсь покодема “began working”
- тусь покодема “went to work”
- сась корхтама “came to talk”
Vnoun: verbal noun
The verbal noun in Moksha represents a mixture of verb and nominal features.
Examples
- [mdf] Рамаль хуш тядязень муськома очконц эшка. “should have bought one the size of my mother’s washing trough”
VerbForm in other languages: [ab] [abq] [akk] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cu] [cy] [el] [eme] [en] [es] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gub] [gun] [hbo] [hu] [hy] [it] [ka] [kpv] [ky] [la] [mdf] [myv] [orv] [pcm] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj] [xcl]