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Describing language Badge icon
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Describing language

...verb and adjective mean. You’ll see how language patterns in regular ways and how the meaning of a sentence is more than the sum of its parts. This course is suitable for anyone who is interested in how language works and it is a useful starting point if you wish to study languages and/or applied linguistics at The Open University...Do you know the difference between a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Getting started on classical Latin
History & The Arts

Getting started on classical Latin

...verbs, whereby the end of the word is changed according to its function in the sentence. For example, woman, woman’s, women and women’s are all inflections of a noun. This and these are inflections of an adjective, and teach, teaches, teaching and taught are inflections of a verb. Modern English uses inflected forms in a fairly limited way. But many languages use them...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to Spanish
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Introduction to Spanish

...verbs in the present tense. This course is an extract from the L106 Introduction to Spanish Studies (beginners) course. Enjoy!...Introduction to Spanish: 1 Professions - In this section you will learn vocabulary for different professions (profesiones, also called oficios), and their gender. In this activity you will look at several professions and learn how to refer to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
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Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...verbs like gustar: A mí me gusta… à A mí me preocupa… It can be complemented by a noun: A Ricardo le gusta la selva – A Ricardo le preocupa la selva (Ricardo likes the jungle – Ricardo worries about the jungle)) It can be complemented by a verb in the infinitive, if the subject of the verb of worry is the same as the subject of the complementing ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...verbs and in the forms of the grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer [i.e. linguist] could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists. Sir William Jones, 1786 address to the Royal Asiatic Society in Kolkata...Discovering Ancient Greek and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Exploring the English language
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Exploring the English language

...verb is a doing word. What is the doing word in the sentence: “I like doing homework”?’ ‘Doing’, said George. ‘Wrong. It’s “like”.’ ‘Oh’, said George. The teacher said: ‘An adjective is a describing word. What is the describing word in the sentence: “Describing sunsets is boring”?’ ‘Describing’, said George. ‘Wrong. It’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Getting started with German 2
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Getting started with German 2

...verb (you may also hear people say gerne). The verb itself (for example ich esse, ich trinke) stays the same. Think of gern as meaning ‘with pleasure’. Activity 1 Complete the sentences below by following the prompt and adding the correct form of essen or trinken in the gap. The sentences will also show where in the adverb gern should be placed. Here is an example:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 1
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Getting started with Spanish 1

...verb ser (‘to be’). Verbs: ser (‘to be’) Verbs in Spanish are conjugated; this means that they change according to which person they refer to. For most verbs, conjugating involves changing the verb ending, but ser and a few other commonly used verbs are irregular which means you need to learn the different forms individually. Table 1 Ser (‘to be’) ......
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs