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 The participle almost always corresponds to a Latin perfect passive participle, or to the Latin gerundive (or verbal adjectives ending in -''bilis'', -''e''). Such verbal adjectives indicate a capacity or worth of being acted upon. To exemplify, the root ''b-r-k'', meaning to bless, has the participle ''miborūk'', which can either mean "(having been) blessed," "necessary/worthy to be blessed," or "(which is) to be blessed." Such uses of the participle are most similar to adjectives, and these participles can either be in the attributive or predicative position.
-Additionally, these adjectival participles can function as a verbal complement governed by the main verb of the sentence. Thus, it is translated according to the time of the main verb. While Balearic Hebrew uses one participle to express this idea, and English or Spanish approximation would be a relative clause. EXAMPLE.
+Additionally, these adjectival participles can function as a verbal complement governed by the main verb of the sentence. Thus, it is translated according to the time of the main verb. While Balearic Hebrew uses one participle to express this idea, and English or Spanish approximation would be a relative clause. For example:
+*''bokka haʔīšū habirūtū '' = "The woman, who had woken up, cried"
-As a verb, participles can govern an entire clause, acting as a main verb. These verbal participles can express continuous, habitual, or stative action as fixed by context. Typically, participles acting as a main verb will be at the beginning of the phrase, as if it were a VSO word order for a finite verb. EXAMPLE.
+As a verb, participles can also function as an entire clause, acting as a main verb in sequence with another. These verbal participles can express continuous, habitual, or stative action as fixed by context. Frequently, these participles can be translated into English with the word "when." For example:
+*'''''mitofūšū''' hasirogatī likesar, bedūgarha'' = "Caesar grabbed my arm, and stabbed it"
+*''dagirūto habagalha, sīnīfil'' = "And when her husband jumped, he fell"
-Like finite verbs, participle can also take an object.
+Note how, since participles can only have a passive or reflexive meaning, the passive agent construction must be employed in the first sentence.
 ===== The Verbal Noun =====