participles
Synonyms
Examples
Adjectival participles The basic principle of the participles may be illustrated with the verb fali (to fall).
Ancient Greek made great use of participial constructions and of constructions involving the infinitive, and the modern variety lacks the infinitive entirely (instead having a raft of new periphrastic constructions) and uses participles more restrictedly.
As are participles, despite them using the oblique stem: :menevä tai tuleva, oven kii paneva ja hiljaa oleva ("going or coming, door closed-putting and quiet-being").
Auxiliary verbs are combined with past participles of main verbs to produce compound tenses, including the compound past ( passé composé ).
Along with these participles, the verb esse, which means, "to be", is used.
Conditional and tenseless participles (unofficial) Occasionally, the participle paradigm will be extended to include conditional participles, with the vowel u (-unt-, -ut-).