Gerunds
The gerund suffix -ru る changes basic verbs into nouns describing the activity.
Compound verbs, as well as those involving noun incorporation, can also be changed like this.
- dissu’ahatiru でっすあはてる feeling happy
- pakicuru ぱきゆる believing to be true
- ’i’issiru いいっせる singing
The genitive determiners, including -qa げ, allow for (only) the subject of the verb to be mentioned.
- “the bear’s walking”
- “my being bad”
This continues to apply in instances using argument promotion.
- “the eating of meat”
- “his murdering of another”
- “looking at the moon”