Semantic categories and verbal aspects

Verbs can be classified into various semantic categories according to the meaning they express, i.e. a action, a state or a process undergone by the subject.

1. Verbs that express action/activity

Verbs of this category express an action performed by the subject.

2. Verbs that express an action performed by the subject

Verbs of this category express a change in the subject; they also express a process that the subject undergoes.

3. Verbs that express state

Verbs of this category express a state. The subject undergoes no change.