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Parts of speech (vocab and definition)

Terms in this set (20)

reflexive pronoun
pronoun that indicates that the action happens to oneself
direct object pronouns
pronoun that answers the question "who" or "what" receives the action
indirect object pronoun
pronoun that answers the question "to whom" or "for whom" the action is done
demonstrative adjective
adjective that indicates if it is "this", "that" or "that over there".
cognate
a word that looks or sounds the same from one language to another
agreement
the adjective matches the gender and number of the noun
modify
change the end of the adjective to match the noun
interrogative words
question words
tilde
the accent marks that indicate how to say a word
stem
the part of the verb before the ending
ending
the two letters at the end of the verb at you take off to conjugate the verb
stem changer
a stem that changes when conjugated
infinitive
a verb that is not conjugated
definite article
a determiner <the> that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing mentioned has already been mentioned
indefinite article
a determiner <a> <an> that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing referred to is nonspecific
present tense
say what happens
present progressive
say what is happening
preterite
say what happened
short possessive adjective
says who owns what
long possessive adjective
says who owns what with emphasis
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