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| − | + | '''Conjugation''' is a traditional term indicating that verbs can be classified according to the shape of the inflectional endings they may take. See also [[declension class]]. | |
| − | + | ===Examples=== | |
| + | For example, in French verbs that share the same endings are grouped together and are conjugated similarly as in the following example where verbs ending in -er in the infinitive are conjugated the same way in all five possible inflections: Person, Number, Mood, Tense, and Voice: | ||
'''Present''' | '''Present''' | ||
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| − | | [[je]] || parle | + | | [[je]] || parle |
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| − | | [[tu]] || parles | + | | [[tu]] || parles |
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| − | |[[il/elle]] || parle | + | |[[il/elle]] || parle |
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| − | |[[Nous]] || parlons | + | |[[Nous]] || parlons |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[Vous]] || parlez | + | |[[Vous]] || parlez |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[ils/elles]] || parlent | + | |[[ils/elles]] || parlent |
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| − | | [[je]] || parlais | + | | [[je]] || parlais |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[tu]] || parlais | + | | [[tu]] || parlais |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[il/elle]] || parlait | + | |[[il/elle]] || parlait |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[Nous]] || parlions | + | |[[Nous]] || parlions |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[Vous]] || parliez | + | |[[Vous]] || parliez |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[ils/elles]] || parlaient | + | |[[ils/elles]] || parlaient |
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|} | |} | ||
| − | Now a verb that shares the same ending -er with parler like aimer has a similar pattern when conjugated in the present and the imperfect. | + | Now a verb that shares the same ending -er with ''parler'' like ''aimer'' has a similar pattern when conjugated in the present and the imperfect. |
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'''Present''' | '''Present''' | ||
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| − | | [[je]] || aime | + | | [[je]] || aime |
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| − | | [[tu]] || aimes | + | | [[tu]] || aimes |
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| − | |[[il/elle]] || aime | + | |[[il/elle]] || aime |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[Nous]] || aimons | + | |[[Nous]] || aimons |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[Vous]] || aimez | + | |[[Vous]] || aimez |
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| − | |[[ils/elles]] || aiment | + | |[[ils/elles]] || aiment |
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| − | | [[je]] || aimais | + | | [[je]] || aimais |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[tu]] || aimais | + | | [[tu]] || aimais |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[il/elle]] || aimait | + | |[[il/elle]] || aimait |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[Nous]] || aimions | + | |[[Nous]] || aimions |
|- | |- | ||
| − | |[[Vous]] || aimiez | + | |[[Vous]] || aimiez |
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| − | |[[ils/elles]] || aimaient | + | |[[ils/elles]] || aimaient |
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* [http://www.verbix.com/languages/french.shtml/Conjugate French Verbs] | * [http://www.verbix.com/languages/french.shtml/Conjugate French Verbs] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjugation/ Gramatical Conjugation] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjugation/ Gramatical Conjugation] | ||
| + | * [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Conjugation&lemmacode=913 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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| + | ===Other languages=== | ||
| + | German [[Konjugation]] | ||
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| + | {{dc}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Morphology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:55, 12 February 2009
Conjugation is a traditional term indicating that verbs can be classified according to the shape of the inflectional endings they may take. See also declension class.
Examples
For example, in French verbs that share the same endings are grouped together and are conjugated similarly as in the following example where verbs ending in -er in the infinitive are conjugated the same way in all five possible inflections: Person, Number, Mood, Tense, and Voice:
Present
| je | parle |
| tu | parles |
| il/elle | parle |
| Nous | parlons |
| Vous | parlez |
| ils/elles | parlent |
Imperfect
| je | parlais |
| tu | parlais |
| il/elle | parlait |
| Nous | parlions |
| Vous | parliez |
| ils/elles | parlaient |
Now a verb that shares the same ending -er with parler like aimer has a similar pattern when conjugated in the present and the imperfect.
Present
| je | aime |
| tu | aimes |
| il/elle | aime |
| Nous | aimons |
| Vous | aimez |
| ils/elles | aiment |
Imperfect
| je | aimais |
| tu | aimais |
| il/elle | aimait |
| Nous | aimions |
| Vous | aimiez |
| ils/elles | aimaient |
Useful Links
Other languages
German Konjugation
