How to say participle in Japanese

ぶんしbunshi

noun / ~の noun:

  • participle - Linguistics term

Example Sentences

進行形shinkougatanobundeha動詞doushinoinggataつまりtsumari現在分詞genzaibunshiとなりますtonarimasu
In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle.
文法bunpouyani聞きkikiたいtainですdesuga、「be+分詞bunshihaV Cなどnadoのようにnoyouni考えるkangaeruことはできないkotohadekinainですかdesuka
I'd like to ask a grammarian, isn't it possible to think of 'be + participle' like you do V C and such?

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