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conjugation

vr.tr.conjugation · XCT.QLT

Let an agent explain verb conjugation and its categories, conjugate verbs in a given language with reliable patterns, describe conjugation classes and irregularities, and support language learning.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain verb conjugation and its categories, conjugate verbs in a given language with reliable patterns, describe conjugation classes and irregularities, and support language learning.

The inflection of verbs for grammatical categories such as person, number, tense, aspect, mood and voice, and the resulting sets of forms, as in Latin, Russian, Swedish, Catalan and Sardinian conjugation and verb classes such as a-verbs; conjugation patterns are described in grammars, learned in language study, and vary from highly inflected languages to those with little verbal inflection.

What it is for: Verb inflection.

It can be explain conjugation categories; conjugate verbs; describe classes and irregularities; support learning.

Distinguishing features

Verbal inflection

Grammatical categories

Conjugation classes

Irregular verbs

What it looks like

Not physical; tables of verb forms.

How it is recognised

Verb forms varying by person, tense and more

Language-specific patterns

Declension inflects nouns and adjectives

Related models

is a kind of - category

inflection

is a kind of - category

grammatical category

is related to - another grammatical relation

complementation

is related to - a language with verb inflection

Korean

In practice

Families and kinds

conjugation in Romance languages

conjugation in Slavic languages

conjugation in Germanic languages

conjugation in classical languages

verb classes and irregular verbs

Standards and regulation

Descriptive and prescriptive grammars

Language academy standards

Linguistic annotation standards

Failure modes and hazards

Wrong forms from overgeneralised patterns

Confusing conjugation with declension

Ignoring dialectal variation

Also called

conjugation of Catalan verbsRussian conjugationSwedish conjugationSardinian conjugationLatin conjugationa-Verbi-Verbo-VerbDutch conjugationArabic conjugationconjugation in BretonSpanish conjugationFrench verb morphologyFrench conjugationPolish conjugationDanish conjugationregular and irregular verbsIrish conjugationItalian conjugationJapanese conjugationirregular verbregular verbItalian irregular verbFrench irregular verbSpanish irregular verbfourth conjugation verb (isolated form)third conjugationfirst conjugation verbsecond conjugation impersonal verbe/i conjugation verb (isolated form)Form VIForm IqForm IIqForm IIIqForm IVqForm IXForm I/a~uForm I/i~iForm IForm I/u~u

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.conjugation

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What conjugation is.

Grammar.

Categories

Categories inflected.

Categories

Categories.

  1. Which grammatical categories do verbs inflect for, and how do languages differ in what they mark? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific language conjugation? action

Classes

Conjugation classes.

Classes

Classes.

  1. What are conjugation classes such as Latin or Catalan conjugations and Swedish verb groups, and how are irregular verbs handled? provenance
  2. How are classes described in grammars? provenance
Conjugate Conjugating verbs.

Practice.

Forms

Producing forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. How is this verb conjugated in this language, and which forms are irregular? action
  2. Which reference confirms the forms? provenance

Learn

Learning conjugation.

Learn

Learning.

  1. How can learners master conjugation patterns, and which resources and tools help? action
  2. Which errors are common? provenance
Compare Across languages.

Linguistics.

Typology

Typology.

Typology

Typology.

  1. How do languages range from rich conjugation to little verbal inflection, and how does this relate to word order? provenance
  2. Which entry fits linguistic typology? action

Change

Historical change.

Change

Change.

  1. How do conjugation systems change over time, such as the loss of inflection in English? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Tools Computation and teaching.

Education.

NLP

Conjugation in computing.

NLP

Computation.

  1. How do morphological analysers and conjugators handle verb inflection? provenance
  2. Which entry fits computational morphology? action

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can conjugation be taught effectively? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each language conjugation be a separate entry?
  • How should grammars be linked?
  • How should irregular verbs be documented?
Draft as JSON