Person-number morpheme . The number and the person are categories proper to different kinds of words: nouns , adjectives , pronouns , and which are also manifested in the verb , but in a single brand that brings the two together, they cannot be isolated in the verb, because by the same person-number morpheme that form an inseparable couple. It is always found at the end of conjugated verb forms; that is why it is called an ending.
Summary
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- 1 The number
- 2 The person
- 3 Distinctive marks
- 4 Sources
The number
In the verb, the number depends on the specificity of the subject noun , and is based on the singular / plural opposition: She sings. / They sing. I write. / We wrote. The boy returns. / The boys return.
This morpheme appears in the verb with formal characteristics different from those of the noun and the adjective , since it coincides in a single mark with the expression of the person (NP).
Person
There are three grammatical persons: the first, the second and the third, both in the singular and in the plural. To them correspond, respectively, the forms of the personal pronouns.
The person in the verb is in correspondence with the person of the noun on which it affects. If the verb form corresponds to one of the people in the dialogue, it is not necessary to specify it with the personal pronoun :
- I speak slowly.
- You speak slowly.
On the other hand, if the verb form indicates a person who is not in the dialogue, it must be made explicit:
- He speaks a lot.
- She talks too much.
- Jorge talks a lot.
- Maria talks a lot.
