Learning Inflections - Franklin Bookman Manual Del Usuario

Learning Inflections

Inflections show changes in a word's
meaning or function. This dictionary in-
cludes extensive inflections of nouns,
verbs, modifiers, and other words.
1. Press to switch to the
LANG
Spanish ready screen.
2. Type a Spanish word (e.g., beber).
3. Press .
INFL
These are the principal forms of the
verb beber .
4. Use the direction keys to read.
5. Press or hold
INFL
DN
repeatedly to view more
inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or
another modifier, then there won't be
any other inflections.
6. Press when done.
CLEAR
and press
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Learning Inflections
Getting Grammar Guidance
When viewing inflections, you can press
to view detailed descriptions of how
HELP
to use inflections, with usage examples.
Viewing English Inflections
If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it may
be helpful to look at some inflected forms
of English verbs. Switch the entry lan-
guage back to English, type be , and press
to see the different forms of the
INFL
English verb "to be." This will give you a
good idea of each inflection form.
Verb Inflection Forms
Your Spanish Master has the following
verb forms: present indicative, imper-
fect indicative, preterite, future, condi-
tional, present subjunctive, imperfect
subjunctive 1, imperfect subjunctive 2,
perfect indicative, pluperfect indicative,
preterite anterior, future perfect, condi-
tional perfect, perfect subjunctive, plu-
perfect subjunctive, and imperative.