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infinitive::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | verb |
| Has types | split infinitive |
| Derivation | infinitival |
Examples of infinitive
infinitive
Hebrew has two infinitives, the infinitive absolute and the infinitive construct.
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At the end of a sentence to may also refer to a dropped verb in the infinitive.
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The infinitive forms of the different tenses in Ido were completely abolished.
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The phrase-final verb is never finite, but normally a participle or an infinitive.
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With verbs whose roots end in el or er, the e of the infinitive suffix is dropped.
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Complex infinitives can be built, consisting of more than the original infinitive.
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Then this outer infinitive will be conjugated instead of the old inner infinitive.
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Negative answers use the negative verben in coordination with the infinitive.
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The non-finite verb forms are the infinitive and the active and passiveparticiples.
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- The uninflected form of the verb
- In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual (traditional) description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives. ...
- The basic form of a verb as in to work or work.
- A verb form that is usually introduced by to. The infinitive may be used as a noun or as a modifier. ...
- The second word is the predicate of an infinitive in one of the first word's cases. (Tone `-'.)
- The basic, unchanged form of a verb, which usually occurs with the word 'to', as in 'to go', 'to ask', 'to be'.
- This is the form of verb you find in the dictinary. In English it always has the word to in front of it - for example: to run - and in Spanish it ends in ar, er, or ir - for example: correr.
- A form usually made by the placing of to before the bare form of a verb.
- One of the verb forms that doesn't have person. This one is often translated with our English thingie to plus the meaning of the verb, but not always: Haec urbs capi non poterat, this city was not able to be destroyed or could not be destroyed.
