Factors That Affect Conjugation
Common grammatical categories according to which verbs can be conjugated are the following:
- Finite verb forms:
- Grammatical person
- Grammatical number
- Grammatical gender
- Grammatical tense
- Grammatical aspect
- Grammatical mood
- Grammatical voice
- Non-finite verb forms.
Other factors which may affect conjugation are:
- Degree of formality (see T-V distinction, Honorific speech in Japanese, Korean speech levels)
- Inclusiveness and exclusiveness in the 1st. person plural
- Transitivity
- Valency
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