conjugation
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5.7
- noun
- /ˌkɒn.dʒʊˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
- Specialized
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conjugación
- Students often struggle with the different forms of conjugation for irregular verbs.
- verb conjugation
- conjugation and declension
So why, why does language learning by adults have this effect on, say, verb order, on conjugation?
- So why, why does language learning by adults have this effect on, say, verb order, on conjugation?
Examples
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I start by standing quietly in front of the class, my back to them, writing out my name and some simple cases and conjugations.
Fiction book (2002) -
For well over a hundred years, Latin has been codified into an arcane system of declension and conjugation tables, which students were expected to memorize before beginning to read Latin authors.
Academic text (1994) -
We'll start with verb conjugation.
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For your sake, I hope that all of you have become little experts at conjugation, declension and irregular verbs.
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Grammatical spelling is concerned with agreements in word gender and number and with the conjugation of verbs.
Academic text (1997) -
Many teachers specialize (even at the university level) in mnemonic tricks to help students keep the conjugation and declension tables straight.
Academic text (1994) -
In Spanish, mastering verb conjugation is essential for proper grammar.
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The teacher emphasized the importance of conjugation in understanding verb changes over time.
Surface Forms
Morphology
conjugation = conjugate (semi-transparent) = con + jug + ate + ion
This is a regular -ion noun formed from the verb 'conjugate' with the expected meaning of the process or system of verb inflection.
Etymology
Conjugation comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and jugare 'to join', with jugare like the English word yoke that links two things. So, conjugation is how a verb is 'joined' to its endings to show tense and person.