Definition of 動詞 (どうし)

noun, no-adjective
verb(linguistics)
Related Kanji
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
part of speech, words, poetry
Example sentences(showing 13 results)

ぶん
つう
普通
しゅ
主語
どう
動詞
A sentence normally has a subject and a verb

Sometimes a verb is derived from a noun and sometimes it is the other way around

Can you conjugate this verb

どう
動詞
じゅつごどう
述語動詞
じゅつごどう
述語動詞
しゅ
主語
あら
表す
とき
かた
'Verb' refers to the predicate verb. Predicate verbs change their form depending on the subject and the time expressed

どう
動詞
help
げんけいてい
原形不定詞
りょうほ
両方
ぶんたい
文体
げんけいてい
原形不定詞
おお
多い
れいぶん
例文
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence

Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English

えい
英語
どう
動詞
もくてき
目的語
まえ
In English the verb precedes the object

えい
英語
おも
主な
ひん
品詞
: 
めい
名詞
どう
動詞
けいよう
形容詞
ふく
副詞
だいめい
代名詞
ぜん
前置詞
せつぞく
接続詞
かんたん
感嘆詞
In English there are eight main parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and finally interjection

しんこうけい
進行形
ぶん
どう
動詞
ing
けい
げんざいぶん
現在分詞
In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle

えい
英語
ぶん
こうぞう
構造
たいてい
大抵
しゅ
主語
どう
動詞
もくてき
目的語
補語
In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement

The following verbs only take the to-infinitive as their object

ぶん
げんざいかんりょうけ
現在完了形
。have
どう
動詞
じょどう
助動詞
This sentence is in the present perfect. 'have' is not a verb, but an auxiliary verb

どう
動詞
もくてき
目的語
どう
自動詞
もくてき
目的語
どう
他動詞
With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object