durative

/door-uh-tiv, dyoor-/US // ˈdʊər ə tɪv, ˈdyʊər- //UK // (ˈdjʊərətɪv) grammar //

持久性,持久的,耐久性,持久

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Grammar.
- : noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.

“Let him pray,” let him pray as a habit (present tense of durative action).
For the use of the durative passive forms see the entry under paga-un.
Durative forms: future and subjunctive magpaN-(→); past nagpaN-(→).
Verbs with this paka- occur with the active durative and local passive affixes.
The tense of the verb (present durative) implies that some of them had been doing precisely this thing.