frequentative

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/

Noun

(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.

Japanese Meaning

反復する動作を表す不完全相動詞の一分類。すなわち、繰り返しを示す動詞で、英語では今では用いられないが、フィンランド語、ラテン語、ロシア語、トルコ語などでは見られる。

What is this buttons?

The linguistics professor explained how the frequentative functions to denote repeated actions in languages such as Finnish and Russian.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その言語学の教授は、フィンランド語やロシア語のような言語で反復を表す動詞形がどのように繰り返しの動作を示すかを説明した。

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Sense（1）

(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.

frequentatives

（ plural ）

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