Absentive

The absentive is a verbal aspect that expresses an ongoing activity of an agent who is currently absent while engaging in this activity.

Examples
Dutch We zijn lunchen 'We are off having lunch', Hungarian János levelet volt föladni [János letter.ACC was post.INF] 'János was off posting a letter' (de Groot 2000:695, 693)

Other languages

 * Dutch absentief
 * German Absentiv
 * Russian абсентив