The one-person verbs are those that indicatevoicesoractionsFromanimals(butnoonly) and thus they are normally conjugated in the 3rd person singular and plural.
they are called one-person defective verbs, since they can only be conjugated in certain times and modes, as well as not existing in all people.
| Verbs | Examples |
|---|---|
| roar | The jaguar roared. |
| cackle | The chicken cackles. |
| Croaking | The frog croaked. |
| cocoricar | The cock will croak and I will wake up! |
| yelp | The dog whines before the vet arrives. |
| Bark | I would thief if I had heard the thief. |
| meow | My cat meows viciously. |
| moo | The cows mooed as they headed for the road. |
| pipilar | The bird chirped in the sky. |
| neigh | The horses neighed in the stable. |
The verbswhatindicateneedsorsensationsinprayerssubordinatesnouns.
Examples:
- É important that you come.
- Looks that he comes.
- befits arrive early.
Initially we said that these verbs are normally conjugated in the 3rd person singular and plural. That's because we can find them in other people, if we use them figuratively.
Examples:
- I was furious when he said I barked.
- My kids say I neigh in their ears.
Impersonal Verbs and Personal Verbs
In addition to unipersonal verbs, defective verbs can be:
- impersonal: have no subject and indicate natural phenomena (darkness, dew, wind);
- Personal: they have a subject, but they are not conjugated in all forms, especially due to the sound (abolish, demolish, explode).
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- Classification of Verbs
- Defective Verbs
- impersonal verbs
- Personal Verbs