Preverbs: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1:
{{Shortcut|preverb|preverbs}}{{Wikipedia|
A '''preverb'''<ref group="lower-alpha">Also '''pre-verb''', '''auxiliary verb''', '''auxverb''', '''helper verb'''.</ref> is a type of [[content word]] that may precede the main [[verb]] of a [[sentence]]. Preverbs generally make distinctions in {{w|grammatical mood}} or {{w|Grammatical aspect|aspect}}, and they are often compared to {{w|auxiliary verb}}s in European languages.
When used as a preverb, a word can have a different sense than it would elsewhere in the sentence. For example, In {{tp|mi ken pali e ona}}, {{tp|[[ken]]}} is a preverb. It means "I am able to make it". However, in {{tp|mi ken e ona}}, {{tp|ken}} is the main verb instead. There, it means something else ("I allow it").
| |||