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conjugational

conjugational

8.4
Changing verb forms to show tense, person, or mood
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɒn.dʒʊˈɡeɪ.ʃən.əl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : conjugacional
  • The teacher explained the conjugational changes that occur in the verb 'to be' during different tenses.

Examples

  • In French, understanding conjugational rules helps students form correct sentences in various contexts.

  • As a conjugational form, its distribution was limited in that many verbs could evidently not take it.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Studying conjugational patterns is essential for mastering the intricacies of verb usage in English.

Synonyms

conjugative
vsconjugational
  • Specialized
7.5

About how verbs change for person, number, or tense

focuses on the ongoing process of changing verb forms
inflectional
vsconjugational
  • Specialized
8.2

About changes in a word's form that show tense, number, or case

focuses only on changing verb forms rather than all word types

Surface Forms

conjugational positive

Morphology

conjugational = conjugation (transparent) = conjug + ation + al

The adjective is formed regularly by adding -al to the noun conjugation, so the grammatical relation is straightforward.

Etymology

Conjugational comes from the Latin word conjugare, where con- is 'together' and jug- is 'join' or 'yoke'. That's why in grammar a conjugational system is about 'joining' endings to a verb stem to show tense, person, or mood.