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     Table of Contents Chapter 33 33.5 Translation of substantivated present participle
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Chapter 33: Participles, Gerund and Infinitive constructions

  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.)
  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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