The rest of the persons are not distinguished in the verb ( I walk, you walk, they walk, etc.). With the exception of the verb to be, English shows distinctive agreements only in the third person singular, present tense form of verbs, which are marked by adding '-s' ( walk s) or '-es' ( fish es).

In languages where the verb is inflected, it often agrees with its primary argument (the subject) in person, number or gender.

Barack Obama became the President of the United States in 2009.

Verbs have tenses: present, to indicate that an action is being carried out past, to indicate that an action has been done future, to indicate that an action will be done. A verb may also agree with the person, gender or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. In many languages, verbs are inflected (modified in form) to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice. In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. For the radio programme, see The Verb.Ī verb (from Latin verbum 'word') is a word ( part of speech) that in syntax generally conveys an action ( bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence ( happen, become), or a state of being ( be, exist, stand). For English usage of verbs, see English verbs.

For the physical activity program, see VERB (program). This article is about the part of speech.

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