定てい動どう詞し

noun

finite verb

A grammatical term for a verb form that can serve as the predicate of a clause and is marked for tense, person, or other grammatical categories. Used in linguistics and language study.

• 英えい語ごの定てい動どう詞しは主しゅ語ごの人にん称しょうや数すうによって形かたちが変かわる。

  English finite verbs change form depending on the person and number of the subject.

• この文ぶんでは、定てい動どう詞しが文ぶん末まつに来くる。

  In this sentence, the finite verb comes at the end.