diff --git a/content/includes/verb-dynamic.rst b/content/includes/verb-dynamic.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bcd266 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/includes/verb-dynamic.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +A ``dynamic verb`` describes a subject performing an action. +The subject is *doing* something. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/includes/verb-intransitive.rst b/content/includes/verb-intransitive.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bde7e3a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/includes/verb-intransitive.rst @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +An ``intransitive verb`` is a verb that does NOT require an object to receive the verbal action. +A sentence with an intransitive verb is complete without an object. +Dynamic verbs can be either transitive or intransitive, but stative verbs are always intransitive. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/includes/verb-linking.rst b/content/includes/verb-linking.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..97b3792 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/includes/verb-linking.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +A ``linking verb`` is a verb that either equates two :ref:`nouns`, or equates a noun and an :ref:`adjective`. +A linking verb can be implied by the context in all three biblical languages: Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, and Koiné Greek. +This is not the case in English, however. +In English, linking verbs must be explicitly expressed. +Therefore, in many sentences a linking verb must be supplied when translating the Bible into English. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/includes/verb-stative.rst b/content/includes/verb-stative.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f653c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/includes/verb-stative.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Rather than describing a specific action, a ``stative verb`` describes the subject's state of being (the way the subject is). +The subject is *not* doing anything. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/includes/verb-transitive.rst b/content/includes/verb-transitive.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c050fa --- /dev/null +++ b/content/includes/verb-transitive.rst @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +A transitive verb is a dynamic verb that requires an object that receives the verbal action. +A sentence with a transitive verb is not complete without the object. +Stative verbs are never transitive. \ No newline at end of file