Adjectival Derivatives with the Spanish Suffix- nte: Active and Non-active Uses 1

摘要

The main objective of this research is to present various uses of the Spanish adjectival derivatives with the suffix - nte . Traditionally, it has been considered that these derivatives have only one use: to modify nouns corresponding to the subject of base verbs. Such use is called “active.” However, according to the research, the derivatives also have non-active uses. In this paper, the non-active uses will be presented and analyzed.