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Conlangery #134: Converbs

Conlangery Podcast

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He Hammered the Nail Flat in Okuna

Ocuna is a language in which converb constructions are used to express things like hammering the nail flat. The two verbs have to be combining together to form what is conceptually a single event. Okuna makes a distinction between those manner converbs and what I call participles, although I'm using the term rather differently from how a hospital month would use it.

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