Participial and Gerund Forms

اسم فاعل اور اسم فعل

About this concept

Participial adjectives from verbs: بند band (closed), کھلا khulā (open), ٹوٹا ṭūṭā (broken). Gerund (verbal noun) with infinitive: پڑھنا اچھا ہے (reading is good). Oblique infinitive + postposition for purpose.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level B1.

Examples

ٹوٹی ہوئی کھڑکیbroken window (past participle as adjective)

پڑھنا اچھی عادت ہے۔Reading is a good habit. (infinitive as noun)

کھانا کھانے کے بعد چلیں۔Let's go after eating. (oblique infinitive)

بچے سوئے ہوئے ہیں۔The children are asleep. (participle)

Prerequisite

Present Habitual TenseA1

Concepts that build on this

Infinitive-Based ConstructionsB2

More B1 concepts

Future Tenseمستقبل Subjunctive Moodصیغۂ تمنائی Imperative Formsصیغۂ امر Compound Verbs (Vector Verbs)مرکب فعل Conditional Sentencesشرطیہ جملے

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