catenative verb

English

Noun

catenative verb (plural catenative verbs)

A verb able to be immediately followed by the full or bare infinitive, or gerund (i.e. non-finite verbs), as in “I beg to differ”, where beg is catenative.

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
Russian: катенативный (katenativnyj) глагол (glagol) m

See also

Appendix:English catenative verbs

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