Past participle/adjective verbs on: September 30, 2015 11:42
Recently I was reading a lesson on using verbs as adjectives (I closed the tab or I would include a link!) and I wondered if I could use this concept to get around a tricky passive voice sentence.
I want to say "your kinsmen are oppressed"
Can I say "gwenyr gîn bauglennin" ? Or something like that?
At first I was thinking "oppressed" is an adjective in that sentence, and I still think so, but I also see that the problem is the passive voice (the oppressor is unstated).
If I HAVE to, I am willing to reword and say "a tyrant oppresses your kinsmen" if I must.
Actually, I may as well go ahead an ask about the whole phrase now, since I'll end up doing so later anyway...
The whole sentence is "do not bow to a tyrant while your kinsmen are oppressed" (or while he oppresses your kinsmen)
What I have so far is "û-cafo an bauglir ir gwenyr gîn bauglennin"
Indeed part participles can be and are formed from verbs and can qualify nouns or be part of a predicate.
So your sentence is essentially fine, although there are a couple mutations missing:
*Ú-gafo am mbauglir ir gwenyr gín bauglennin.
[I have asterisked caf- as it's unattested.]
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