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An inchoative verb, sometimes called an "inceptive" verb, shows a process of beginning or becoming. Productive inchoative infixes exist in several languages, including Latin and Ancient Greek, and consequently some Romance languages. Not all verbs with inchoative infixes have retained their inceptive meaning. In Italian, for example, present indicative ''finisco'' 'I finish' contains the form of the infix, while present indicative ''finiamo'' 'we finish' does not, yet the only difference in meaning is that of person subject; the infix is now semantically inert. == Latin == The Latin language uses the infix -sc- to show inchoative force. The infix is normally seen in the present tense stem, and is not present in the third and fourth principal parts. *''apiscor, apiscī, aptus sum'' reach *''crescō, crescere, crēvī, crētus'' come into being, grow up *''convalescō, convalescere, convaluī'' recover, grow strong *''discō, discere, didicī'' learn *''īrascor, īrascī, īrātus sum'' be in a rage *''lapidescō, lapidescere'' become stone *''nanciscor, nanciscī, nactus/nanctus sum'' get *''nascor, nasci, natus sum'' to be begotten, to be generated, to be born, as nascent life *''noscō, noscere, nōvī, nōtus'' get to know *''obdormiscō, obdormiscere, obdormīvī, obdormītus sum'' fall asleep *''poscō, poscere, poposcī'' demand *''proficiscor, proficiscī, profectus sum'' set out *''rubescō, rubescere, rubuī'' to grow red, redden 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「inchoative verb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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