不定詞
ふていし
Meanings
- Noun infinitive
Kanji
Example sentences
- 不定詞の形容詞的用法には２種類あり、①限定用法、②叙述用法。②はもちろん主格補語です。
There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement. - 動詞helpはto不定詞・原形不定詞の両方をとりますが、くだけた文体では原形不定詞が多いとされており、この例文でもそれが使われています。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence. - needless to sayは不定詞の慣用表現として紹介されることが多いです。
'Needless to say' is often used as an idiomatic expression in the infinitive. - 次の動詞はｔｏ不定詞だけを目的語にとります。
The following verbs only take the to-infinitive as their object. - toのつかない不定詞を原形不定詞と言う。
An infinitive without a 'to' attached is called a bare infinitive.