定てい形けい動どう詞し

noun

finite verb

A grammatical term for a verb form that can serve as the predicate of a clause, typically marked for tense and subject agreement in languages that have it. In Japanese linguistics, it contrasts with non-finite forms like the 連用形 (continuative) or テ形.

• 英えい語ごの定てい形け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.

• 日本にほん語ご学がくでは、終しゅう止し形けいが定てい形けい動どう詞しの代だい表ひょう的てきな形かたちとされる。

  In Japanese linguistics, the shūshikei (predicative form) is considered a typical finite verb form.