Catenative Verbs | A Chain of Verbs
Catenative verbs are verbs that connect to other verb forms and form a chain; thus their name catenative because in Latin, catena means chain.
A catenative verb will link or connect to other verbs to form a chain of verbs. And in theory, this chain could have as many verbs as would make sense.
In today’s lesson you’ll learn about the properties of catenative verbs, the grammatical structure of a catenative verb sentence, what catenative verbs are and what they're not and you'll look at common catenative verbs.
00:00 Introduction
00:58 Properties of Catenative Verbs
01:50 Forming the Catenative Structure
04:36 Complex Catenative Verbs
05:58 Are Causative Verbs Catenative?
06:54 Common Catenative Verbs
07:14 False Catenatives
08:25 Outro