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.
Despite its use in copular constructions, 係 / hai6 “be” is tagged as a verb due to its other non-copular meanings and functions.
Examples
- 游水 / jau6seoi2 “swim”
- 聽 / teng1 “listen”
- 呼吸 / fu1kap1 “breathe”
- 鍾意 / zung1ji3 “like”
- 決定 / kyut3ding6 “decide”
- 有 / jau5 “have; own; exist”
- 係 / hai6 “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] [xcl] [yue] [zh]