Inglise keele struktuur
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- aspect: He was writing a letter to Tom.
He has written a letter to Tom.
- mood: He goes to Tallinn tomorrow.
He would go to Tallinn tomorrow if he had time.
German: the subjunctive
Wenn du Zucker hättest, könnten wir jetzt Tee trinken.
`If you had sugar, we could drink tea now.'
English: They demanded that he leave the room.
If I were you, I wouldn't buy this car.
- transitivity: sleep, kiss
Manam (a Kairiru-Manam language; Malalyo-Polynesian)
dang i- aka- gita i
water be hot
`he heated the water'
II. Relational categories for verbs: voice
The workers painted the house. The house was painted by the workers.
Das Buch wird von zwei Autoren geschrieben. `The book is being written by two authors.'
Heute Abend wird viel getanzt. `There will be a lot of dancing tonight.'
III. Agreement categories for verbs: I am/he is/they are sleeping