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inflect [ınˈflekt] VB trans LING

inflect

屈折变化(词形) qūzhé biànhuà

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English

All six types have the same set of personal endings, but the stems assume different suffixes and undergo (slightly) different changes when inflected. en.wikipedia.org

The participles are inflected by gender, number, and definiteness, and are coordinated with the subject when forming compound tenses (see tenses above). en.wikipedia.org

Verbs are inflected for tense, aspect and mood. en.wikipedia.org

These words are usually variable in form (inflected), especially in inflecting languages. en.wikipedia.org

Personal pronouns are inflected for number (singular, plural) and case (direct, oblique). en.wikipedia.org

However, until the beginning of the twentieth century, it was normal to inflect the present tense in number in educated prose. en.wikipedia.org

Personal pronouns are inflected according to their syntactic role. en.wikipedia.org

Verbs are not inflected for person or number. en.wikipedia.org

Verbs inflect for person, number (singular, dual, plural/nonsingular), negation, several categories in the domain of tense, aspect and mood. en.wikipedia.org

In many languages, verbs are inflected (modified in form) to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice. en.wikipedia.org

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