Parts of Speech

Ups.... Lost in posting. :P

I forget to post the basic part of this.... Yes, now we will discuss about "Parts of Speech" ƪ( ˘⌣˘ )┐ ┌( ˘⌣˘ )ʃ

We know that a sentence is built by two or more words as a, minimal, Subject and Predicate and it has complete meaning. But, before we talk about the S and P, we should know the various kinds of words. Yes, below is description in general... ^^

In a sentence, a word may play one of eight parts. It may be either

1. a noun, 5. an adverb,

2. a pronoun, 6. a preposition,

3. a verb, 7. a conjunction, or

4. an adjective, 8. an interjection

These eight parts are known as the parts of speech.

We use the parts of speech to build sentences.

For example, if we put together the noun 'sunburn' and the verb 'itches', we can make the following statement:

Sunburn itches.

N. V.

We can expand this statement by adding the adjective 'my':

My sunburn itches.

ADJ. N. V.

We can also add the adverb 'painfully':

My sunburn itches painfully.

ADJ. N. V. ADV.

If we should want to ask a question, we can begin with a verb. Here is a question made up of the verb is, the noun sunburn, and the adjective 'painful'.

Is sunburn painful?

V. N. ADJ.

Of course, we can expand this question. For example, we can add the adverb usually.

Is sunburn usually painful?

V. N. ADV. ADJ.

The system that our language uses to put parts of speech together into sentences is known as grammar.