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原形不定詞 (げんけいふていし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

原げん形けい不ふ定てい詞し

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ふ

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Meanings

1

noun

bare infinitive; root infinitive

grammar

A grammatical term for the base form of a verb without 'to', used in English grammar contexts. Compare with to不定詞 (to-infinitive).

See also: ｔｏ不定詞

英えい語ごの原げん形けい不ふ定てい詞しは、助じょ動どう詞しの後あとなどで使つかわれる。
The English bare infinitive is used after auxiliary verbs, for example.

Kanji

原meadow, original, primitive
形shape, form, style
不negative, non-, bad
定determine, fix, establish
詞part of speech, words, poetry

Similar words

to不ふ定てい詞し
to不定詞 is the 'to-infinitive' (e.g., 'to go'), while 原形不定詞 is the bare infinitive without 'to' (e.g., 'go').

Etymology

Compound of 原形 (base form) and 不定詞 (infinitive), a direct translation of the English grammatical term 'bare infinitive'.