Foundations of Grammar 4: What is conjugation?
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The document defines conjugating a verb as changing its form from the infinitive (e.g. to eat) to agree with the subject and tense, such as "I eat" or "they slept". There are six subjects in English (I, you, he/she/it, we, you plural, they) that determine the verb form. If asked to conjugate a verb, one lists all its forms for a given tense, such as the six forms of "to be" in the present tense (I am, you are, etc.). Regular verbs follow patterns, while irregular verbs must be memorized due to not following patterns.
Foundations of Grammar 4: What is conjugation?
- 1. FOUNDATIONS OF GRAMMAR Podcast 4: What does it mean to conjugate a verb?
- 2. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? To conjugate a verb means to change the verb form from the infinitive – to eat, to run, to sleep – so that it agrees with relevant subjects (Refer to Podcast 5: What is a subject?) and/or tenses – I eat, he has run, we slept.
- 3. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? To conjugate a verb means to change the verb form from the infinitive – to eat, to run, to sleep – so that it agrees with relevant subjects (Refer to Podcast 5: What is a subject?) and/or tenses – I eat, he has run, we slept. In English there are six possible subjects, and therefore six forms a verb can take within any tense:
- 4. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? To conjugate a verb means to change the verb form from the infinitive – to eat, to run, to sleep – so that it agrees with relevant subjects (Refer to Podcast 5: What is a subject?) and/or tenses – I eat, he has run, we slept. In English there are six possible subjects, and therefore six forms a verb can take within any tense: SINGULAR 1st person I 2nd person You 3rd personHe/She/It
- 5. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? To conjugate a verb means to change the verb form from the infinitive – to eat, to run, to sleep – so that it agrees with relevant subjects (Refer to Podcast 5: What is a subject?) and/or tenses – I eat, he runs, we sleep. In English there are six possible subjects, and therefore six forms a verb can take within any tense: SINGULAR 1st person I 2nd person You 3rd personHe/She/It PLURAL 1st personWe 2nd person You (plural) 3rd personThey Example presentation title Page 5
- 6. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? If you are in a language class and your teacher asks you to conjugate a verb, they are asking you to list all the forms a verb can take (remember, in English there are six possible subjects) within a particular tense.
- 7. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? If you are in a language class and your teacher asks you to conjugate a verb, they are asking you to list all the forms a verb can take (remember, in English there are six possible subjects) within a particular tense. For example, if you were learning English and your teacher asked you to conjugate the simple present tense of the verb “to be”, the correct answer would be:
- 8. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? If you are in a language class and your teacher asks you to conjugate a verb, they are asking you to list all the forms a verb can take (remember, in English there are six possible subjects) within a particular tense. For example, if you were learning English and your teacher asked you to conjugate the simple present tense of the verb “to be”, the correct answer would be: I am You are He/She/It is We are You (plural) are They are Example presentation title Page 8
- 9. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? Regular verbs (the vast majority of verbs) will follow a set pattern of conjugation: you therefore need only to learn the patterning
- 10. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? Regular verbs (the vast majority of verbs) will follow a set pattern of conjugation: you therefore need only to learn the patterning Irregular verbs don’t follow the regular pattern of conjugation and therefore you must commit them to memory
- 11. Thank You Example presentation title Page 11
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