Nouns Made From Verbs

Level 5

verb to noun: mụ to ọmụmụ.

How It Works

Many nouns are built from verbs with a changed shape.

VerbNoun
mụ learnọmụmụ learning
rụ make, doọrụ work
gụ readọgụgụ reading

The infinitive also works as a noun. The pattern is not a fixed rule, so learn each one.

These nouns often start with a dotted vowel. The noun position in a sentence tells them apart from the verbs.

Examples (4)

  1. ọmụmụ

    learning

    From mụ.

  2. ọrụ

    work

    From rụ.

  3. ọgụgụ

    reading

    From gụ.

  4. Ọmụmụ Igbo dị mma.

    Learning Igbo is good.

    In a sentence.

How It Connects

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Nouns Made From VerbsLevel 5

Learn This First

Nouns made from verbs name the act the way the infinitive does, so the infinitive comes first.

Words in This Pattern

mụgụọmụmụ