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== Adding More Features == | == Adding More Features == | ||
=== The feature VFORM === | |||
Many verbs also have more than one form. For instance, we find not only ''see'', but also ''sees'', ''saw'', ''seen'', and ''seeing''. | |||
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! Verb form !! Full name !! Examples | |||
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| <span style="color: red>''fin''</span> || finite || sees, is, will, dances, dance (non-third person singular), danced (past tense) | |||
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| <span style="color: red>?</span> || base form (= bare infinitive) || see, be, dance, give | |||
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| <span style="color: red>?</span> || present participle || seeing, being, dancing, giving | |||
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| <span style="color: red>?</span> || perfect participle || seen, been, danced, given | |||
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| <span style="color: red>?</span> || infinitive || to (the infinitive marker) | |||
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Revision as of 10:21, 6 November 2017
Adding More Features
The feature VFORM
Many verbs also have more than one form. For instance, we find not only see, but also sees, saw, seen, and seeing.
Verb form | Full name | Examples |
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fin | finite | sees, is, will, dances, dance (non-third person singular), danced (past tense) |
? | base form (= bare infinitive) | see, be, dance, give |
? | present participle | seeing, being, dancing, giving |
? | perfect participle | seen, been, danced, given |
? | infinitive | to (the infinitive marker) |