what part of speech am I?
On first read, are these their verb forms or their other forms (some are nouns, some are adjectives, at least one is an adjective-or-noun and has no verb form)? Opinion poll, I guess. Some languages capitalize their nouns. English… you’re left to your own devices.
talk, judge, play, cough, ink, view, read, book, smoke, conduct, walk, run, dance, track, fence, bowl, cut, thread, light, hammer, plug, bike, drink, tile, finger, pen, press, stamp, wax, print, weld, seam, piano, faint, rose, blush, face, tooth, cushion, down, bag, pad, stuff, clean, glow, point, balloon, call, salt, plow, farm, build, plot, travel, tread, plan, map, jog, grenade, steam, paint, figure, pack, shift, phase, rake, shovel, snow, bow, burn, bus, curve, rule, drop, fall, trip, step, fire, spoon, pitch, tune, scrape, fist, curl, mint, shoulder, slide, tack, staple, tape, slice, ski, wire, phone, squash, weave, bar, page, mash, rub, oil, dream, color, crack, punch, fold, crease, sweat, paper, spit, chance, select, special, chain, tie, boil, love.
That was a brief idea that got WAY out of hand. There are so many more.
Feel free to add.
raalla replied:
piano has no verb form!
I really like the word piano. Piano piano piano.
Also spoon. Spoon spoon spoon spoon. I stole a spoon once.
12 April, 2008 at 3:04 pm. Permalink.
bylandl replied:
Yes, piano has no verb form. It is the aforementioned noun-or-adjective.
Piano (n): An abbreviation for pianoforte. Big, black, loud, lots-of-keys (88).
Piano (ad): Softly.
12 April, 2008 at 7:28 pm. Permalink.
raalla replied:
I was thinking of the less…different…adjective form. As in, piano bench, piano music. Is that an adjective, though? Or is that…something else? Where the noun -acts- as an adjective?
12 April, 2008 at 8:07 pm. Permalink.
bylandl replied:
I said adjective; I meant adverb
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12 April, 2008 at 9:33 pm. Permalink.