- languages. For example, "more happy" is
periphrastic in
comparison to "happier", and
English "I will eat" is
periphrastic in
comparison to
Spanish comeré. The...
- and
perfect tenses and the
optative mood. Many have been
replaced by
periphrastic (analytical) forms.
Pronouns show
distinctions in
person (1st, 2nd, and...
- perfect, and pluperfect. To
these six main
tenses can be
added various periphrastic or
compound tenses, such as ductūrus sum 'I am
going to lead', or ductum...
- uses the
periphrasis "of + noun" to
replace the
original genitive. This
periphrastic form has
variously been
marked as used "particularly in
isolated and...
- Do-support (sometimes
referred to as do-insertion or
periphrastic do), in
English grammar, is the use of the
auxiliary verb do (or one of its inflected...
-
Gerundive article.
There are two
periphrastic conjugations. One is active, and the
other is p****ive. The
first periphrastic conjugation uses the ****ure participle...
-
which adjectives use
inflected or
periphrastic comparison, and some
studies have
shown a
tendency for the
periphrastic forms to
become more
common at the...
-
inflectional categories is
somewhat greater, and
several new
analytic (
periphrastic)
constructions have
evolved instead.
Modern Gr****
shares several syntactic...
-
Sicilian (Sicilian: sicilianu, Sicilian: [sɪʃɪˈljaːnʊ]; Italian: siciliano) is a
Romance language that is
spoken on the
island of
Sicily and its satellite...
-
language typically reserved for the
noble deaths of warriors, and a
periphrastic construction is used to
focalize the
narrative as if told from his perspective...
