#Infinitive

[palatinewolfsblog]

Let's practice future tense.

Yes. Let's do it. Let's try. You never try, you never know - you know? I will, I won't, you will. Are you willing to join me? Despite all the uncertainty let's draw courage from the vast, deep sea of language. And then let’s get to know other languages ​​and practice them. And there is a lot to learn there. Languages ​​in which tenses are completely different. Where the infinitive is not just that but truly a promise of infinite possibilities. The book of grammer can be amazing and the book of life truly an open book. And then let's spell words. Words like peace. P for possibilities or participation or pen (mightier than the sword, remember). Perspective in the darkness of our time. You won't tell me, it's just a dream, right? Come on - let's read some poetry or lets start writing ourselves. We add word to word. Tie a bond of hope, untangle a knot, breathe easier, find some peace of mind or relief. Let's practice future tense. Yes. Let's do it. Let's try. You never try, you never know - you know? I will, I won't, you will and in the end we will succeed. for my dear Friend @justbeneath-thesurface2

[trolledu]

FYI: One of my student groups had trouble believing whether this image was real or not. My argument was that AI wouldn't be able to create an image like this at this stage. They suggested that it was photoshopped, which could be possible, but I refused to believe it.

The more I look at it however, the more it seems like the eagle was actually cut out and pasted into the image! 😂🤙

[happi-speech]

I noticed when speaking AAVE you can drop some subject-verb agreement conjugations.

I noticed this when trying to understand the concept of the infinitive form of verbs. At one point I became confused by the inflection changes of verbs adding an "s" to signify the infinitive when the preposition "to" is dropped. Ex: "She walks", "It smells", etc.

But then I remembered subject-verb agreement and how verbs are "conjugated" to align with the subject's person role (1st, 2nd, or 3rd person). I notice that, especially in southern dialects of AAVE, you can drop the conjugation for subject-verb agreement in the second person singular its still grammatically correct:

She walks to the store. -> She walk to the store.

The dog stays doing that. -> The dog stay doing that.

It looks weird. -> It look weird.

To an extent you can kinda do this with 3rd person plural, like "we takes time" or "they moves too fast" and you can even use the infinitive marker for first person singular like "I wins" and "I runs it every day", especially to emphasize how the subject relates to the verb in a "continuous" manner. But this dialect seems more rare and used more sparingly, deemed archaic or ironic because its pejoratively deemed "unintelligent" speech. Older people in rural areas sometimes still talk like this (in that iconic southern drawl) and I love hearing it.

So basically, I think AAVE had me partly confused when I was tryna understand how to identify the infinitive when I recently revisited the concept 😂. We just talks different!!!

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

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[rotkeres]

Infinitive pixels

[theknitpotato]

In 1850, a farmer found a secret village. It was later determined to be older than the Great Pyramids of Egypt. Archeologists estimated that 100 people lived in this village named Skara Brae, the "Scottish Pompeii." The houses were connected to each other by tunnels, and each house could be closed off with a stone door.

[payasita]

being a manager sucks balls half the time but the cashier kids im in charge of trust me enough to dick around in front of me so ive been keeping a running list of the shit they say that makes me laugh randomly: -"guys, is it cheating if you play fortnite with your ex" [4 seperate others, immediately]: "YES" -"there must be like… infinite sentences" -"bro what bro what the fuck bro what's that mean bro why'd you say that bro what" <distraught response to a girl randomly greeting him with 'hey there big boy' in an old timey transatlantic news reporter accent

[starrierknight]

"dick" "pathetic" "moan" "pussy" "desperate" "wet" "needy" "cock"

[aluna-hipster]

GERUNDS

Watch these videos and pay attention to the explanation and examples.

Gerunds in five steps (7:24)

GERUNDS and INFINITIVES (19:13)

VERBS + GERUND

Admit – anticipate – avoid – can’t help – consider – deny – feel like – involve – mention – practice – recommend – risk – suggest 

VERBS + INFINITIVE

Agree – ask – decide – deserve – expect – hope – learn – manage – need – threaten – wait – want – volunteer – offer – plan – promise – refuse – seem – struggle

VERBS + OBJECT = INFINITIVE 

Ask – expect – require – hire – invite – order – remind – teach – tell – urge – warn

VERBS + GERUND + INFINITIVE (no change in meaning)

Like – love – hate – prefer – begin – can’t bear – can’t stand – continue – propose – start

VERBS + GERUND + or INFINITIVE (a big change in meaning)

Remember – forget – try – stop - regret

Watch these videos and pay attention to the explanation and examples.

Gerunds in five steps (7:24)

GERUNDS and INFINITIVES (19:13)

[deliasamed]

THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF "TO HAVE"

The Imperative form of the verb "to have"

Affirmative Negative Have! Don't have!        

  The Infinitive form of the verb "to have"

in the Indefinite, Continuous, and Perfect aspects:

Aspect Infinitive Indefinite to have Continuous to be having Perfect to have had          

The Gerund form of the verb "to have"

in the Indefinite and Perfect aspects:

Aspect Gerund Indefinite having Perfect having had            

 The Participle form of the verb "to have"

in the Present, Past, and Perfect aspects:

Aspect Participle Present having Past had Perfect having had           THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF TO HAVE Conjugation of To Have in Perfect Tense Conjugation of To Have in Continuous Tense Conjugation of To Be in Perfect Tense Conjugation of To Be in Indefinite Tense Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Continuous Tense Form/Active Word Formation: Word derivation; Word Building in English Noun-Modifying (Adjective) Clauses Adverb, conjunction, and preposition examples Read the full article

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

this is possibly the funniest terf take i’ve ever seen. trans people, hate to tell you this but buying clothes is actually capitalist and you should stop /j.

[galactic-dragoness]

Happy 10 years you freaks

[arabicfornerds]

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[evercelle]

hold that heart close... happy birthday, wanderer!!

[backtoaugust-ts]

I have realized that the perfect form of media must have a delicate balance between absolutely heart wrenching pure emotional devastation and the most ridiculous nonsense you have ever seen in your whole life

[miniiinebulaee]

[Aziraphale voice] i'm soft!