Compound verbs composed of a noun and verb are comparatively rare, and the noun is generally not the direct object of the verb.
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Whether Noun + Verb ( N + V ) compounds are considered to be " compound verbs " is a matter of naming convention.
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Japanese has a great many compound verbs, such as ( machi-awaseru, to rendezvous, from + ), which are formed from native verbs, not borrowings.
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Borrowed words, which can be used as verbs by combining them with the auxiliary verb, do not occur as the second element in compound verbs.
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The participle of regular verbs is used in compound verb tenses, as in " ele tinha cantado " ( " he had sung " ).
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Most compound verbs originally have the collective meaning of both components, but some of them later gain additional meanings that may supersede the original, emergent sense.
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Compound verbs in subjunctive are necessary in more complex sentences, such as subordinate clauses with embedded perfective tenses e . g ., perfective state in the future.
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Though V + V compound verbs are rare in English, one may illustrate the form with the example " went crashing [ through the door ] ".
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The term " coverb " ( like " preverb " ) is also sometimes used to denote the first element in a compound verb or complex predicate.
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For this reason the expression " had better ", considered as a kind of compound verb, is sometimes classed along with the modals or as a semimodal.
