| 33.5 Translation of substantivated present participle |
In English the substantivation of verbs looks the same as an participle. Also in German one possibility to substantivate a verb is to use the present participle and put an article before it.
| Examples | |
| Die Lesenden
wissen mehr.
= The reading (ones) know more. (The ones that read know more.) |
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| Die
Schlafenden
wissen nicht,
was sie tun. = The sleeping (ones) do not know what they do. (The ones that sleep do not know what they do.) |
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