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Grammar Glossary for Spanish and English

Glosario de términos gramaticales

By Gerald Erichsen, About.com

This glossary is designed as a guide for people learning the grammar of either Spanish or English, and it may be useful for people studying other languages as well, especially languages of Indo-European origin. To explain each grammatical term, examples are given in both Spanish and English, where applicable. This glossary is a work in progress, with new terms being added weekly.

Terms in English: active voice, adjective, adverb, apposition, article, assimilation, auxiliary verb, cognate, compound verb, concession, conditional tense, conjugation, conjunction, coordinating conjunction, correlative conjunction, definite article, demonstrative adjective, demonstrative pronoun, determiner, elision, etymology, exclamation, false friend, gender, gerund, idiom, helping verb, imperfect, indefinite article, indicative, infinitive, inflection, intensifier, intensive, interjection, intonation, mode, mood, neuter, noun, object, onomatopoeia, orthographic accent, paired conjunction, part of speech, participle, passive voice, past participle, past perfect, past tense, perfect infinitive, perfect tense, person, pluperfect, possessive adjective, preposition, present participle, preterite, preterite participle, progressive, pronoun, romanization, sentence, subjunctive, subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction, tense, transliteration, verb

Términos en español: acento ortográfico, adjetivo, adjetivo demostrativo, adjetivo posesivo, adverbio, aposición, artículo, artículo definido, artículo indefinido, asimilación, categoría gramatical, complemento, conjugacíon, conjunción, conjunción coordinante, conjunción de coordinación, conjunción de subordinación, conjunción subordinante, continuo, determinante, elisión, entonación, etimología, exclamación, falso amigo, flexión, frase, futuro hipotético, género, gerundio (1), gerundio (2), idioma, indicativo, infinitivo, infinitivo compuesto, inflexión, interjección, neutro, modismo, nombre, objeto, onomatopoeya, oración, palabra afín, palabra cognada, palabra enfática, palabra relacionada, parte de la oración, participio, participio activo, participio de pretérito, participio de presente, participio pasivo, partícula enfática, pasado perfecto, persona, pluscuamperfecto, preposición, pretérito imperfecto, pretérito indefinido, pronombre, pronombre demostrativo, romanización, subjuntivo, sustantivo, tiempo, tiempo condicional, tiempo perfecto, tiempo potencial, transliteración, verbo auxiliar, verbo compuesto, voz activa, voz pasiva, verbo

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