Re: The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 12, 2004, 19:49 |
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Hallo!
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:21:08 -0400,
Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...> wrote:
> Brom löösis'na otok' sic' plokin dlodofladve k'azma.
>
> mountain(-ACC) remove-3SG-REL man small stones-ACC away-carry-GER begin-3SG
>
> The -GER is a form I've been calling the adverbial gerund (that's probably
> incorrect). It links two verbs much like the Japanese -te form -- which is
> where I ripped it off from.
I think the "official" term for such a form is "converb".
At least that's what I understand the term to refer to.
However, the Japanese converb AFAIK always precedes the finite verb.
ObConlang: In Old Albic, the instrumental case of the verbal noun
is often used in converb-like constructions.
Greetings,
Jörg.