Difference between revisions of "Be"
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− | <li>It's a worktool. ( | + | <li>It's a worktool. (NP)</li> |
<li>A worktool, is it?</li><br> | <li>A worktool, is it?</li><br> | ||
<li>The door is open. (Adj)</li><br> | <li>The door is open. (Adj)</li><br> | ||
+ | <li>They're sick.</li> | ||
<li>The machine is breaking. (You can hear it.) (Present Participle) | <li>The machine is breaking. (You can hear it.) (Present Participle) | ||
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<li>Mark isn't. (negation) (VP ellipsis)</li><br> | <li>Mark isn't. (negation) (VP ellipsis)</li><br> | ||
− | <li>These ideas aren't mine. ( | + | <li>These ideas aren't mine. (sujet parlant est bizarrement attribut du sujet grammatical)</li><br> |
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Revision as of 21:37, 30 January 2013
Avertissement: cette page est destiné à un analyse grammatical du mot "be" :P
Forms
- dictionary form (bare infinitive): be
- present tense: are (1p, 2s/p, 3p), is (3s), am (1s)
- past tense: was (1s, 3s), were (1p, 2s/p, 3p)
- present participle: being
- past participle: been
- copula: syntax
- It's a worktool. (NP)
- A worktool, is it?
- The door is open. (Adj)
- They're sick.
- The machine is breaking. (You can hear it.) (Present Participle)
- The machine is broken. (Past participle)
- Is Raymond in? (Particle)
- Mark isn't. (negation) (VP ellipsis)
- These ideas aren't mine. (sujet parlant est bizarrement attribut du sujet grammatical)
Major Uses
En semantique on parlerait plutôt de l'attribution on parlerait de sa fonction, qui est souvent de lié un sujet à un attribut, un ensemble (ou l'invers)...