Participles Flashcards
Participles when functioning as VERBS form from what?
The verbal stem.
Due to this, just like VERBS, they have tense, aspect and voice.
Aspect of a participle do not necessarily indicate what?
Time. 
Time is communicated by the…
Main/ Indicative verb Which it is modifying.
The Participle is like the ____ of a verb.
Sidekick
The action modified by the participle will either be_____, ______ or______.
Continuous, indefinite or perfective.
Verbal Voice is one of these 3….
active middle or passive
When a participle is functioning more like a verb, which important feature will give it away? 
The ABSENCE of the article
FUNCTION AND TRANSLATION: 
When we look at the context will be able to decipher the participle’ function as it’s value either be more favorable to either the _____ or the ______.
VERB or the NOUN to which it will refer is acting as an adjective.
Participle is a ____ adjective?
Verbal— It has similar characteristics as an adjective And also behaves a bit like a verb. Having similar characteristics as well.
As a verbal adjective the participle can function as a ______ and other times it can function more as _______.
A verb and an adjective.
When we want to speak descriptively of an action we use
Participles.
Which is the participle in the following sentence?
The running man saw the Angels.
Running
Participles do some of the jobs a verb does because it…
It comes from a verbal stem and ascribes an action.
Participles do some of the work of an adjective because it…
describes what noun is doing.
This means that if a participle is going to behave like a verb and an adjective it will need some of the_____ of each.
Features
