The Verb-Finite

3.11. The Verb-Finite

Finite Verb

Subject āĻāϰ Number  āĻ“ Person  āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āϝ⧇ Verb  āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇  Finite Verb  āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ t

a. He goes to college.  b. Rana knows it.

āωāĻ•ā§āϤ Sentenece  āĻĻā§āĻŦā§Ÿā§‡āϰ verb  āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ goes  āĻ“  knows  āωāĻ•ā§āϤ verb āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧟ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ Subject,  He  āĻ“ Rana  āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ es  āĻŦāĻž  s  āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ |

Finite Verb  āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāϭ⧇āĻĻ: Finite Verb  āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤  āϝāĻĨāĻž:

(i) Principal Verb       (ii) Auxiliary Verb

(i) Principal Verb: āϝ⧇  Verb  āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ Verb  āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Principal Verb  āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ :

         a. We play cricket.       b. Man makes fire.

         c. People know it.        d. We need money.

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ play, makes, know āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ need  āĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āϞ verb, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰāĻžāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

(ii)   Auxiliary Verb: āϝ⧇ Verb āĻŽā§‚āϞ  Verb  āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ Sentence  āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Auxiliary Verb  āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ t

         a. I am reading a novel    b. Students are making a noise.           

         c. We should respect our parents.

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ am, are  āĻ“ should āĻāχ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ Auxiliary Verb  āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ Principal Verb āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

 

Kinds of Principal Verb: Principal Verb  āϕ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ ⧍ āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ |

(i) Transitive Verb      (ii) Intransitive Verb    

(i)     Transitive Verb: āϝ⧇ Verb āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ Object  āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Transitive Verb  āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤

         āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:

         a. He flies a kite.    b. We lost the pen.

       āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ flies  āĻ“  lost  āωāϭ⧟ Transitive Verb  āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž   Object  āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ |

(ii)   Intransitive Verb: āϝ⧇  verb  āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ Object  āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Intransitive  verb  āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ t

         a.The girl sings.      b. Birds fly.

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ sings āĻ“ fly verb āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧟ intransitive āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ object āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻžāχ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ |

 

Identifying Verbs: (Depending on Formation)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ ate

assassinate, captivate, exterminate, annihilate, cultivate etc.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ en

broaden, gladden, lengthen, shorten, fatten, thicken, deepen, soften, widen etc

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ er

chatter, master, clutter, fritter, glitter, glimmer etc

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ ish

publish, nourish, punish, banish etc

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ ise / ize

civilise (ze), organise (ze), realise, penalise, lrgalise, mechanise (ze) etc

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ se

cleanse, rinse etc

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ fy

amplify, beautify, glorify, classify, identify, modify, satisfy etc