conjugation

(noun)

The creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection.

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Examples of conjugation in the following topics:

  • Introduction to Inflection

    • A word you might have heard before, especially if you’ve taken a foreign language like Spanish, is “conjugation.”
    • Conjugation is the specific type of inflection that has to do with verbs.
    • To recap, "conjugation" refers to changing a verb to suit its grammatical context.

  • Subject-Verb Agreement

    • Once this has been determined, the correct conjugation of the verb can be used.

  • Verb Tense: Past, Present, and Future

    • The future tense is different from the present and past tenses in that there is not usually a type of verb conjugation that shows the future tense.