Participles, now what could that possibly ever be? To put it simple, it is when you make a verb into the form of an adjective, such as "a walking dog", or noun "the one/thing that walks", Umbrean is quite rich on using this so lets gets started. Meaning can differ quite alot depending on when in the verb manipulation the participle ending is applied, at the bare root, after tempus ending or after person agreement Noun participles are always treated as a noun and adjective ones as adjectives in pure form.