Sentence example with the word 'periphrastic'

periphrastic

Definition adj. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

Last update: March 14, 2017


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In the region bordering on Catalonia the simple perfect has given way before the periphrastic form proper to Catalan: voy cayer (I fell), vafe (he has done), vamos ir (we went), &c.; the imperfects of verbs in er, ir, moreover, are found in eba, iba (comeba, subiba, for comia, subia), and some presents also occur where the Catalan influence makes itself felt: estigo (Cat.   [Please select]

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By a periphrastic version of the general text.   [Please select]

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Notice that in subjunctive constructions the periphrastic form is necessary to express future action clearly, since the subjunctive has no future.   [Please select]

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