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accusative case An inflected form that marks the word as the object of the sentence.
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adjectif A part of speech that describes properties of nouns.
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adverb A part of speech that describes properties of verbs.
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article A part of speech that is used to link nouns to the broader context of speech.
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aspect A verbal category that specifies the way of viewing the internal temporal structure denoted by a verb (simple, progressive, perfect).
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case An inflected form of a noun that indicates the grammatical function of the noun with respect to other words in the sentence.
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conjunction A part of speech that is used to join clauses or sentences.
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functional word classes The parts of speech that are relatively low in meaning (preposition, conjunction, article, interjection, pronoun).
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gender An inflected form of a noun that marks the noun as being masculine, feminine or neuter.
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gradable adjectifs/ adverbs Adjectifs and adverbs that have three forms that contrast on the dimension of comparison.
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grammatical homonyms Lexical items that are identical in form, but belong to different parts of speech.
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imperative mood A verbal category that expresses the speaker's will as a command or a request.
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indicative mood A verbal category that represents an event as a real fact.
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inflectional suffix A suffix that is used to create another form of the same word. Its presence is determined by the grammatical context.
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interjection A part of speech that describes strong emotions or feelings.
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lexeme The basic form of the word that we usually find in the dictionary.
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lexical word classes The main four parts of speech that are high in meaning (noun, verb, adjectif, adverb).
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mood A verbal category that indicates whether the speaker presents an event as a real fact, as something unreal, or else as something he wishes to be performed and made real.
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nominative case An inflected form that marks the word as the subject of the sentence.
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noun A part of speech that describes stable features of human experience.
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Parts of speech Word classes established on the basis of similarities in meaning, function and internal structure.
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preposition A part of speech that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word.
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pronoun A part of speech that is used to replace nouns.
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subjunctive mood A verbal category that represents hypothetical (possible) situations and outcomes.
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suppletion The use of two or more different root morphemes to represent the same lexeme in different grammatical contexts.
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tense A verbal category that locates the moment when the described event occurs by relating it to the time of speaking (past, present, future).
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verb A part of speech that describes features of human experience that unfold in time.
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voice A verbal category that indicates whether the subject of the sentence corresponds to the doer of the action or to the semantic object.
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