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Infinitive

Infinitive (abbreviated .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}inf) is a term in linguistics for certain verb forms existing in many languages, most often used as non-finite verbs that do not show a tense. As with many linguistic concepts, there is not a single definition applicable…

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Phrases and clauses

Clauses with implicit subject in the objective case

Marking for tense, aspect and voice

English

Other Germanic languages

Latin and Romance languages

Hellenic languages

Balto-Slavic languages

Hebrew

Finnish

Seri

Translation to languages without an infinitive

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Infinitive

Nodes150
Edges149
Triples126
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013333
Components1

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Infinitive

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related to Hebrew · 36
Infinitive → Alef, Arial, Cardo, David, David CLM, David Libre, English, Ezra SIL, Ezra SIL SR, Frank Ruehl CLM, FreeSans, FreeSerif, Gisha, Hadasim CLM, Hebr, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, In Modern Hebrew, Keter Aram Tsova, Keter YG
related to Balto-Slavic languages · 15
Infinitive → Balto-Slavic, Belarusian, Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Slavic, Slovak, Slovenian, Some, The, Ukrainian
related to Latin and Romance languages · 13
Infinitive → For, French, However, In, In Romanian, In Spanish, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romance, Romanian, Spanish, The
related to Translation to languages without an infinitive · 11
Infinitive → English, Even, For, French, However, In, In Russian, Je, Levantine Colloquial Arabic, Literary Arabic, Rather
related to Modern Greek · 8
Infinitive → Ancient Greek, Greek, In, Instead, Modern Greek, The, This, To
related to Marking for tense, aspect and voice · 6
Infinitive → English, For, In, Infinitives, Latin, This
related to Other Germanic languages · 6
Infinitive → English, Essen, German, In German, Proto-Germanic, The
related to Ancient Greek · 5
Infinitive → Athematic, In, In Ancient Greek, Present, Thematic
related to Phrases and clauses · 4
Infinitive → An, English, Some, This
related to Seri · 4
Infinitive → Examples, Mexico, The, The Seri

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verb infinitives form forms languages used latin like clause verbs english subject passive tense want example also perfect nouns bare

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Infinitiveis abasic dictionary form of a verb when used non-finitely0.90text
Infinitiveis adistinct single word0.90text
Infinitiveis aexample of exceptional case-marking0.90text
Japaneseinstance ofAsian languages0.80text
and some languages in Africainstance ofAsian languages0.80text
Australia do not have direct equivalents to infinitives or verbal nounsinstance ofAsian languages0.80text
seeinstance ofa. follows a verb of perception0.80text
watch or hearinstance ofa. follows a verb of perception0.80text
e.ginstance ofa. follows a verb of perception0.80text
Infinitiverelated to Ancient GreekIn Ancient Greek0.60section
Infinitiverelated to Ancient GreekPresent0.60section
Infinitiverelated to Ancient GreekThematic0.60section

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