Verbal Nouns and Gerunds

Orúkọ Ìṣe

About this concept

Verbs nominalized with prefix: jíjẹ (eating, from jẹ), ríran (seeing, from rí), wíwá (coming, from wá), ṣíṣe (doing, from ṣe). Used as subjects, objects, or with possessives.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level B2.

Examples

Jíjẹ oúnjẹ tó dára ṣe pàtàkì.Eating good food is important.

Wíwá rẹ mú mi dùn.Your coming made me happy.

Ṣíṣe iṣẹ́ rẹ dáadáa ṣe pàtàkì.Doing your work well is important.

Kíkọ́ èdè tuntun nira.Learning a new language is hard.

Prerequisite

Nominalization (Verb to Noun)B1

More B2 concepts

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