Chuvash and Turkish/Морфемы глаголов

Types:

NB: A single morpheme may belong to one or more types.

<ger> (e.g. ) - "Gerund" / "verbal noun"
- Takes the full nominal inflection (possession, case, number?).
<prc> (e.g. ) - "Participle"
- Doesn't take any inflection or derivation.
- Must be used with an auxiliary verb.
- Often called "converb"
<gna> (e.g. ) - "Verbal adverb"
- Often used in temporal relations, such as sequences of events
- Always used with second verb phrase
- Takes no overt person agreement (but agrees in person with a second verb phrase)
- Often called "converb"
<gpr> (e.g. ) - "Verbal adjective"
- Allows a verb phrase to modify a noun or noun-like thing
- Can also sometimes be used substantively
<fin> (e.g. ) - "Finite"
- Takes person suffixes of finite verbs.
<der> (e.g. ) - "Derived"
- Creates a new verb root.
- Cannot directly take person suffixes.

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