Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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Attributive participial clauses are used as relative clauses. The only difference is that the tense of a participial clause describes the time relative to the main clause. Note that attributive participles take a possessive suffix; the possessor of a participle is the direct object if the participle is active, and is the agent if the participle is mediopassive. | Attributive participial clauses are used as relative clauses. The only difference is that the tense of a participial clause describes the time relative to the main clause. Note that attributive participles take a possessive suffix; the possessor of a participle is the direct object if the participle is active, and is the agent if the participle is mediopassive. | ||
In absolute participial clauses the participle is inflected into the predicative state. It can be used to give the general circumstances or purpose (with a future participle) of an event. | In absolute participial clauses the participle is inflected into the predicative state. It can be used to give the general circumstances or purpose (with a future participle) of an event. Certain subordinating conjunctions may be used in tandem with such a participle as well. | ||
Adverbial participial clauses denote manner of action, often corresponding to clauses of the type "as if X-ing" or "as if to..." in English. | Adverbial participial clauses denote manner of action, often corresponding to clauses of the type "as if X-ing" or "as if to..." in English. | ||