Grammatical terms 4: words about verbs
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Well, verbs are an essential part of every language, right? So having heard of the following terms will definitely help you understanding grammar better:
Conjugation (die Konjugation) = the groupings that verbs in many languages fall into according to the way they make their forms e.g. Ich lache, du lachst, er/sie/es lacht etc. = I laugh, you laugh, he/she/it laughs etc.
Infinitive (der Infinitiv) = the basic form of a verb e.g. lachen = (to) laugh
Tense (die Zeiten) = “time” of a verb e.g present tense, past tense…
Auxiliary verbs (Hilfs-/Modalverben) = used to help other verbs make their forms e.g. (to) have = haben, (to) be = sein
Active (das Aktiv) = “A does something to B” e.g. Martin is writing a letter.
Passive (das Passiv) = “B is having something done to him by A” e.g. A letter is being written by Martin.
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