catenative verb

English

Examples
I beg to differ. She forgot to mention it. We regret to inform you, that […] . Come play with us! But I like helping out! Imagine having that much money...

Noun

catenative verb (plural catenative verbs)

1. A verb that may take a full or bare infinitive, or a gerund (i.e. another (non-finite) verb).

Translations

verb able to be immediately followed

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 連接動詞 / 连接动词 (lin4 zip3 dung6 ci4)

  Mandarin: 連接動詞 / 连接动词 (liánjiē dòngcí)

• Finnish: ketjuverbi
• German: katenatives Verb n, verkettendes Verb n
• Russian: катенативный глагол m (katenativnyj glagol)

See also

• Appendix:English catenative verbs