Tom was asserting, judging by the verb in front of him, that the sentence was past tense, while Mary, seeing the gerundive under her eyes, was swearing it was a present.
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Gerundive
//dʒəˈɹʌndɪv//
Synonyms for "gerundive" (11 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 12 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- gerundi noun (verbal adjective — see also present participle)
- gerundiivi noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
French
2 entries- adjectif verbal noun (verbal adjective — see also present participle)
- gérondif noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
German
2 entries- Gerundiv noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
- Gerundivum noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Greek
1 entries- γερουνδιακό noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Hungarian
1 entries- gerundivum noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Latin
1 entries- gerundīvum noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Norwegian
1 entries- gerundiv noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Russian
1 entries- герунди́в noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- gerundiv noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Slovene
1 entries- gerundiv noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Spanish
1 entries- gerundivo noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
Swedish
1 entries- gerundivum noun (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity)
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