Vildan Koçoğlu Gündoğdu

Keywords: Tuvan, compound gerunds

Abstract

The gerundial suffixes are responsible to temporarily convert verbs into adverbs and are divided in two groups according to their structure: simple and compound. In this article we will focus on Tuvan gerundial structures which are formed by adding some suffixes and prepositions to them. The meanings and functions of these gerundial structures in the sentences will be compared with those in Turkey Turkish