[Tlhingan-hol] KLBC: verb-verb SAO

[Rohan Fenwick]

ghItlhpu' 'arHa, jatlh:
> Phrases like "I like eating" are made with gerunds -- "eat"
> has been turned into a noun with the -ing ending.

jang SuStel, jatlh:
> This isn't correct. "Eating" in "I am eating" is a (present) participle, 
> not a gerund. A gerund would be the "eating" in "Eating is fun." A 
> gerund functions a noun; a participle augments a verb.

'arHa
 QIn DalaDHa'pu'. yIlaDqa'. You're absolutely correct in that "I am eating" uses a participle, not a gerund, but that was not the example 'arHa used. What he said was 
"I like eating", which does use a gerund.

QeS 'utlh
 		 	   		  
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