平へい叙じょ文ぶん

noun

declarative sentence

Grammar term for a sentence that states a fact or opinion, as opposed to interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory sentences.

• 「彼かれは学がく生せいです」は平へい叙じょ文ぶんの例れいです。

  "He is a student" is an example of a declarative sentence.

• 平へい叙じょ文ぶんは、疑ぎ問もん文ぶんや命めい令れい文ぶんと区く別べつされる。

  Declarative sentences are distinguished from interrogative and imperative sentences.