Editing Converb (section)

{{Short description|Adverbial form of verb (adverb constructed from verbs)}}{{Distinguish|Coverb}}
In [[theoretical linguistics]], a '''converb''' ([[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] {{smallcaps|'''cvb'''}}) is a [[nonfinite verb]] form that serves to express [[adverb]]ial [[subordination (linguistics)|subordination]]: notions like 'when', 'because', 'after' and 'while'. Other terms that have been used to refer to converbs include ''adverbial participle'', ''conjunctive participle'', ''[[gerund]]'', ''[[gerundive]]'' and ''verbal adverb'' (Ylikoski 2003).

Converbs are differentiated from [[coverb]]s, verbs in [[complex predicate]]s in languages that have the [[serial verb construction]].

Converbs can be observed in most [[Turkic languages]], [[Mongolic languages]], as well as in all language families of [[Siberia]] such as [[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]].<ref name=Baek>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.iub.edu/~celcar/ConCALL2014/proceedings/Baek.pdf|title=Tungusic converbs in -mi from the perspective of linguistic area|author=Sangyub Baek|isbn=9780996176200|journal=Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Central Asian Languages and Linguistics (ConCALL)|volume=1|year=2015}}</ref>