Participles and Verbal Nouns

وجه وصفی و اسم مصدر

About this concept

Present participle (present stem + نده -ande): رونده ravande (going/goer). Past participle as adjective: شکسته shekaste (broken). Verbal nouns (masdar): رفتن raftan (going). Agent nouns with گر/-gar.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C1.

Examples

آینده āyande (coming = future)Present participle as noun

شکسته shekaste (broken)Past participle as adjective

نویسنده nevisande (writer)Agent from present participle

کارگر kārgar (worker)Agent noun with -gar suffix

Prerequisite

Advanced Compound VerbsB1

More C1 concepts

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