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31English modal auxiliary verb — In the English language, a modal auxiliary verb is an auxiliary verb (or helping verb ) that can modify the grammatical mood (or mode ) of a verb. The key way to identify a modal auxiliary is by its defectiveness; the modal auxiliaries do not… …
32Finite verb — A finite verb is a verb that is inflected for person and for tense according to the rules and categories of the languages in which it occurs. Finite verbs can form independent clauses, which can stand by their own as complete sentences.The finite …
33Portuguese verb conjugation — Portuguese verbs display a high degree of inflection. A typical regular verb has over fifty different forms, expressing up to six different grammatical tenses and three moods. Two forms are peculiar to Portuguese within the Romance languages: *… …
34Ilokano verb — Although other word classes in Ilokano are not as morphologically diverse in forms, verbs are about as morphologically complex as the classic Indo European languages of Latin, Ancient Greek or Sanskrit.Ilokano verbs inflect for the completion of… …
35Stative verb — A stative verb is one which asserts that one of its arguments has a particular property (possibly in relation to its other arguments). Statives differ from other aspectual classes of verbs in that they are static; they have no duration and no… …
36dynamic verb — /daɪˈnæmɪk vɜb/ (say duy namik verb) noun Grammar a verb which indicates an action or process, as The child jumps, or The light fades. Compare stative verb. Also, action verb …
37intransitive verb — /ɪnˌtrænsətɪv ˈvɜb/ (say in.transuhtiv verb) noun 1. a verb that is never accompanied by a direct object, as come, sit, lie, etc. 2. a verb occurring without a direct object, as drinks in the sentence she drinks only when thirsty. Compare… …
38stative verb — /ˈsteɪtɪv vɜb/ (say staytiv verb) noun Grammar a verb which indicates a state or condition which is not changing, as in I own a house, or I hate vegetables. Compare dynamic verb. Also, non action verb …
39transitive verb — /trænzətɪv ˈvɜb/ (say tranzuhtiv verb) noun 1. a verb which can only be used with a direct object. 2. a verb used with a direct object, as drink in the sentence she drinks water where water is the direct object. Compare intransitive verb …
40Preterite-present verb — Following the convention in historical linguistics, this article marks unattested reconstructed words with an asterisk. The so called preterite present verbs are a small group of anomalous verbs in the Germanic languages in which the present… …
