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== Determiners ==


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!Determiner
!Attribute
!English
!UNL
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|a, an||@indef||a book||book.@indef
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|a few||@paucal||a few books||book.@paucal
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|a little||@paucal||a little ammount||ammount.@paucal
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|a lot of||@multal||a lot of books||book.@multal
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|all||@all||all books||book.@all
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|another||@other||another book||book.@other
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|any||@any||any book||book.@any
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|both||@both||both books||book.@both
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|each||@each||each book||book.@each
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|either||@either||either book||book.@either
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|else||@other||something else||something.@other
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|every||@every||every book||book.@every
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|few||@paucal||few books||book.@paucal
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|little||@paucal||little damage||damage.@paucal
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|many||@multal||many books||book.@multal
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|most||@most||most books||book.@most
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|much||@multal||much effort||effort.@multal
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|neither||@neither||neither foot||foot.@neither
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|no||@not||no book||book.@not
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|other||@other||other book||book.@other
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|own||@own||own book||book.@own
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|same||@same||same book||book.@same
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|several||@multal||several books||book.@multal
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|some||@paucal||some books||book.@paucal
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|such||@such||such books||book.@such
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|that, those||@distal||that book||book.@distal
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|the||@def||the book||book.@def
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|this, these||@proximal||this book||book.@proximal
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|what||@wh||what book||book.@wh
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|whatever||@wh||whatever book||book.@wh
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|which||@wh||which book||book.@wh
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|whichever||@wh||whichever book||book.@wh
|}


== Prepositions ==
== Prepositions ==

Revision as of 22:35, 26 July 2012


Prepositions

Verbs

Verb forms

Form Tag UNL Example
Simple present PRS @present He speaks = speak.@present
Present progressive PRS&PGS @present.@progressive He is speaking = speak.@present.@progressive)
Simple past PAS @past He spoke = speak.@past
Past progressive PAS&PGS @past.@progressive He was speaking = speak.@past.@progressive
Present Perfect Simple PRS&PFC @past (finished action that has an influence on the present) He has spoken many times about that = speak.@past
@present.@perfect (action that is still going on) He has spoken since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect
@past.@recent (action that stopped recently) He has just spoken = speak.@past.@recent
Present Perfect Progressive PRS&PFC&PGS @past.@progressive (finished action that has an influence on the present) He has been speaking many times about that = speak.@past.@progressive
@present.@perfect.@progressive (action that is still going on) He has been speaking since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect.@progressive
@past.@recent.@progressive (action that stopped recently) He has just been speaking = speak.@past.@recent.@progressive
Past Perfect Simple PAS&RPT @past.@anterior He had not spoken = speak.@past.@anterior)
Past Perfect Progressive PAS&RPT&PGS @past.@anterior.@progressive He had been speaking. = speak.@past.@anterior.@progressive
Future Simple FUT @future He will speak = speak.@future
Near future FUN @future.@recent He is going to speak = speak.@future.@recent
Future Progressive FUT&PGS @future.@progressive He will be speaking = speak.@future.@progressive.
Future Perfect FUT&RPT @future.@anterior He will have spoken = speak.@future.@anterior
Future Perfect Progressive FUT&RPT&PGS @future.@anterior.@progressive He will have been speaking = speak.@future.@anterior.@progressive
Conditional CON @past.@posterior He would speak = speak.@past.@posterior
Conditional Progressive CON&PGS @past.@posterior.@progressive He would be speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@progressive
Conditional Perfect CON&PFC @past.@posterior.@perfective He would have spoken = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective
Conditional Perfect Progressive CON&RPT&PGS @past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive He would have been speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive)