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Learning Inflections
Learning Inflections
Inflections show changes in a word’s
meaning or function. This dictionary in-
cludes extensive inflections of nouns,
verbs, modifiers, and other words.
1. Press
LANG
to switch to the
French ready screen.
2. Type a French word (e.g.,
écrire
).
3. Press
CONJ
.
4. Highlight the desired word
form, and press
ENTRER
.
4. Use the direction keys to read.
5. Press either
CONJ
or hold
✩
and press
BAS
repeatedly to
view more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or
another modifier, then there won’t be
any other inflections.
6. Press
EFFAC
when done.
➤
Getting Grammar Guidance
When viewing inflections, you can
press
AIDE
to view detailed descrip-
tions of how to use inflections, with
usage examples.
➤
Viewing English Inflections
If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it
may be helpful to look at some
inflected forms of English verbs.
Switch the entry language back to
English, type
be, and press
CONJ
to
see the different forms of the English
verb “to be”. This will give you a good
idea of each inflection form.
➤
Verb Inflection Forms
Your French Professor has the follow-
ing verb forms: present indicative, im-
perfect indicative, past definite, future,
conditional, present subjunctive, im-
perfect subjunctive, perfect indicative,
pluperfect indicative, preterite anterior,
future perfect, conditional perfect,
perfect subjunctive, pluperfect sub-
junctive, imperative, and the present
participle.
MAN.BFS-840 revB
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