Grammar Terms And Concepts Flashcards
Predicate
Verb, adjective, etc
Jutsugo
Subject
Shugo
Autonomous word
(Can stand alone)
雪
ふる
Jiritsugo
Dependent form
(Words that cant stand on their own)
を
Fuzokugo
Inflected form
Conjugate the word
Yōgen
Nominal
Noninflected autonomous words
Taigen
Modifying word
Modifies or describes following word or phrase
Shūshokugo
Noun
Meishi
Pronoun
Daimeishi
Adverb
Noninflected autonomous words that modify a verb, adjective, or adjectival verb
Fukushi
Interjection
(Words that express emotion)
ああ!
Kandōshi
Conjunction
Connects one clause to another
でも
Setsuzokushi
Attributive word
Modify nominals
Not conjugated
Rentaishi
Particle
Joshi
Imperfective form
Mizenkei
Continuative form
Ren’yōkei
Final form
Shūshikei
Attributive form
Rentaikei
Perfective form
Izenkei
Imperative form
Meireikei
Verb
Dōshi
Adjective
Keiyōshi
Adjectival verb
Keiyōdōshi
Auxiliary verb
Jodōshi