impleksiyon
impleksiyón with stress marks
inflection
Usage Note
Impleksiyon is a linguistic term referring to the modification of a word to express grammatical categories such as tense, mood, or focus. Because Tagalog is a highly inflected language, the term is especially relevant in Filipino grammar education and linguistics courses.
Examples
" Mahirap ang impleksiyon ng pandiwa. "
Natural Translation
Verb inflection is difficult.
Literal Translation
Difficult the inflection of-the verb.
" Pinag-aralan nila ang impleksiyon ng mga pandiwa sa Filipino. "
Natural Translation
They studied the inflection of verbs in Filipino.
Literal Translation
Studied they the inflection of-the verbs in Filipino.
" Sa pag-aaral ng wika, mahalagang maunawaan ang impleksiyon dahil ito ang nagpapakita kung paano nagbabago ang anyo ng salita ayon sa panahunan at pokus. "
Natural Translation
In language study, it's important to understand inflection because it shows how the form of a word changes according to tense and focus.
Literal Translation
In study of-the language, important to-understand the inflection because it the showing how changes the form of-the word according to tense and focus.
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