Deck 2 - Grammar Terms Flashcards
noun (n)
substantive (s)
A word that represents a person, place, thing or idea
verb (v)
verb (v)
A word that describes actions, events, or a state of being
adverb (adv)
adverb (adv)
A work that modifies or gives more information about an adjective, adverb or adverb
adjective (adj)
adjektiv (adj)
A word that modifies or gives more information about a noun
preposition (prep)
preposition (prep)
A word that usually shows direction, location, time or introduces an object
determiner (det)
determinant (det)
a word that qualifies, determines or helps to describe a noun.
conjunction (con)
konjunktion (kon)
a word that joins together other words, phrases, clauses and sentences
pronoun (pn)
pronomen (pn)
a word that use used as a substitute or to refer to nouns or noun phrases
interjection (i)
interjektion (i)
a word used as an exclamation that usually has no grammatical function. Examples (wow!, ouch!, ugh!, meh!)
phrase
fras
a group of words that form a syntactic element with a single grammatical function.
syntax (n)
Regler och metoder olika bitar av språk (som ord) sätts ihop för att fungera i större grupper
syntactic (adj)
enligt de syntaktisk regler
syntax (s)
the rules and ways pieces of language (like words) are put together to form larger groups
syntaktisk (adj)
according to the rules of syntax
function
funktion
the purpose for which someone or something is created for or exists
sentence
mening
clause
klaus
a group of words that have a subject and a predicate
subject
Ett ord/ordgrupp som har en specifisk syntastisk funktion i en mening
subjekt
a word or a group of words that something say or do something or is said or done about. Usually coming at the beginning of a sentence and is [a noun, pronoun or group of nouns together]
ex: [The cat] walks on the floor. [The cat and dog] walk on the floor.
[They] walk on the floor