'''Adverbal participles''' are built out of a
verb (mostly with a
suffix), and in most cases they play the role of the
sentence element called ''
adverbial'' in the grammar of some languages (
Russian [The Russian Participles. Part of “An Interactive On-line Reference Grammar — Russian” by Dr. Robert Beard. ],
Hungarian,
Macedonian, many
Eskimo languages, e.g.
Sireniki Eskimo [Menovshchikov, G.A.: Language of Sirenik Eskimos. Phonetics, morphology, texts and vocabulary. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow • Leningrad, 1964. Original data: Г.А. Меновщиков: Язык сиреникских эскимосов. Фонетика, очерк морфологии, тексты и словарь. Академия Наук СССР. Институт языкознания. Москва • Ленинград, 1964]). Thus it can usually be translated into English by using an appropriate
adverbial clause [Ernest De Witt Burton: Moods and Tenses of New Testament Greek. The adjective participle. Paragraph 428.].
Some descriptive grammars treat them as a distinct
lexical category, others avoid that and use a more minimalistic approach.
[1] Because the above languages have also
adjectival participle, the word
participle is meant often for both lexical categories
[.]
Notes
1. Új magyar nyelvtan, , Katalin, É. Kiss, Osiris Kiadó, 2003,
See also
★ Non-finite verb
★ Participle
★ Adjectival participle
External links
★ Ernest De Witt Burton: Moods and Tenses of New Testament Greek. The adverbial participle.