THE PARTS OF SPEECH(第3页)
Thus,thewordsJohable,oassertiohewordstrikesisihingisaffirmed,herikesisaverbaenessaothegroup。
Thesimpleformoftheverbwithoutiioheroot。loveistherootoftheverb,—"ToLove。"
Verbsareregularular,traransitive。
Averbissaidtularwhenitformsthepasttensebyaddihepresentordiftheverbespastteeissaidtular。
Atransitiveverbisoionofwhichpassesovertooraffeeobject?as"Istruckthetable。"Heretheaaffectedtheobjecttable,heruckisatransitiveverb。
Anintransitiveverbisoneinwhichtheaainswiththesubject?as"Iwalk,""Isit,""Irun。"
Manyintransitiveverbs,however,beusedtrahus,"Iwalkthehorse?"walkisheretransitive。
Verbsareiedbyenseandmood。
Numberandpersonasappliedtotheverbreallybelo?theyareusedwiththeverbtodeheassertionismaderegardingohaheritismadeihepersohepersohepersspokenabout。
TENSE
Iensesverbsfollowthedivisioheyhavepreseeureteheirvariatioheexacttimeofaastoahappening,havitohappen。
MOOD
Therearefoursimplemoods,—theIheIheImperativeaive。
TheMoodofaverbdehemodeormannerinwhichitisused。Thusifitisusediserefereopersoimeorplace,itisiiveMood?as"Torun。"Herewearenottoldwhod,whenitisdoisdaboutit。
Whenaverbisusedtoindicateordeclareoraskasimplequestionormakeaement,itisiiveMood。"Theboyloveshisbook。"Hereadirectstatementismadegtheboy。"Haveyouapin?"Hereasimplequestionisaskedwhichcallsforananswer。
&heverbisusedtoexpressaayitisiiveMoodas,"Goaway。""Givemeapenny。"
&heverbisusedtoexpressdoubt,suppositioyorwheureadependsuponacy,itisiivemood?as,"IfIe,heshallremain。"
Manygrammariahmoodcalledthepotentialtoexpresspower,possibility,liberty,y,willorduty。Itisformedbymeansoftheauxiliariesmay,,oughtandmust,butiberesolvediiveorsubjuhus,in"ImaywriteifIchoose,""maywrite"isbysomeclassifiedasiialmood,butihephraseImaywriteisanindiewhilethesedclause,ifIchoose,istheexpressionofauponwhiylibertytowrite,depends,butmyactualwriting。
Verbshavetles,theprese,sometimescalledtheadinginiorperfecalledthepassive,endinginedord。
&iveexpressestheseheverbinasubstahepartiaiveform?as"Toriseearlyishealthful。"&quman。""Thenewlyrisensun。"
&iilyusedasasubstantivealyisequivalenttoanihus,"Toriseearlyishealthful"and&quearlyishealthful"arethesame。
TheprincipalpartsofaverbarethePresentIIParticiple?as:
&imesohesepartsarewanting,aheverbissaidtobedefective。
Verbsmayalsobedividedintoprindauxiliary。Aprihatwithoutwhitenceoroassertionorallirmation。Anauxiliaryisaverbjoiorparticiplesofaprioexpresstimeahgreaterprethanebythetensesandmoodsintheirsimpleform。Thus,these;IamwritinganexerIshallhavefiIshallreadittotheclass。"hashoutthepriing,fihemeaningisrenderedmoredefinite,especiallywithregardtotime,bytheauxiliaryverbsam,have,shall。
Therearenineauxiliaryverbs,viz。,Be,have,do,shall,will,may,,ought,andmust。Theyarecaledhelpingverbs,becauseitisbytheiraidthepoundtensesareformed。
TOBE
&oBeisthemostimportantoftheauxiliaryverbs。Ithaselevenparts,viz。,am,art,is,are,ere,wert?be,beingandbeen。
VOICE
&ivevoiceisthatformoftheverbwhichshowstheSubjeotbeingabutag?as,"Thecatcatchesmice。""ultitudeofsins。"
Thepassivevoitheaifiedbyatrahrooistosay,wheoftheverbdeheretofthea,theverbissaidtobeinthepassivevoice。"Johnwaslovedbyhisneighbors。"HereJohisalsotheobjectaffectedbytheloviionoftheverbisthrownba,hehepoundverbwaslovedissaidtobeinthepassivevoice。ThepassivevoiedbyputtiparticipleofanytrahanyoftheelevenpartsoftheverbToBe。