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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Article
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Overview of tense uses
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A summary of tense uses is presented below.
present | past | future | |
present | (with a time expression) | (with a time expression) | |
Präteritum | |||
present perfect | with a time expression | ||
past perfect | |||
simple future (Future I) | |||
future perfect (Future II) | with a time expression |
Certain tenses, besides their main function i.e. the expression of temporal aspects, have additional functions.
supposition | request/demand | intention / promise | universal facts | |
present | ||||
simple future (Future I) | reference to the present | |||
future perfect (Future II) | reference to the past |