GK 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dative Case, Nominative Case, Genitive Case
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Transitive verb: takes a direct object i. e. he loves her. Intransitive verb: does not take a direct object i. e. the farm is small. The moods indicate whether an action is being viewed as being real or ideal. Example: is used to express statements & questions about reality of fact. Optative: pertaining to a verb mood that has among its functions, the expression of a wish. Stem: tells the meaning of the word (basic meaning of the noun or word) Ending: indicates how the word is functioning in the sentence. Inflected: endings will change to show how functions of the words change. Shifting in the end of the word following the stem; tells you how the word is being used in the sentence. Nominative: subject of the verb or sentence: i. e. the word which denotes who or what is doing what the verb says. Example: he offended me ( he being the nominative)
