VERB: verb
Definition
A verb is a member of the syntactic class of words that typically signal events and actions, can constitute a minimal predicate in a clause, and govern the number and types of other constituents which may occur in the clause. Typically, A verb can be pre-modified by the negator 不 / bù except that those can be pre-modified by degree modifier like 好 / hǎo “very” are classified as ADJ.
Despite its use in copular constructions, 是 / shì “be” is tagged as a verb due to its other non-copular meanings and functions.
Examples
- 游泳 / yóuyǒng “swim”
- 聽 / tīng “listen”
- 呼吸 / hūxī “breathe”
- 喜歡 / xǐhuān “like”
- 決定 / juédìng “decide”
- 有 / yǒu “have; own; exist”
- 是 / shì “be; exist”
VERB in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [da] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [eu] [fi] [fro] [fr] [ga] [grc] [hu] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kpv] [ky] [myv] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [uk] [u] [urj] [yue] [zh]