Assertion: verb's infinitive | /r/HasProperty | formed
Facets:
value: in english
type: OTHER
value: by adding a prefix
type: MANNER
value: by adding -ma
type: MANNER
value: by replacing the final -a/-ä
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The second infinitive is formed by replacing the final -a/-ä of the first infinitive with e .
text: In English, the infinitive is the form that is preceded by "to.
text: The third infinitive is formed by adding -ma to the first infinitive, which alone creates an "agent" form:
text: The infinitive is formed by adding a prefix to the stem: either iha- [iʔa-] (plus a vowel change of certain vowel-initial stems) if the complement clause is transitive, or ica-
text: Note that, like in other Romance languages, there is no distinction between an infinitive and a bare infinitive in Italian, hence modal verbs are not the only group of verbs that accompanies an infinitive (where in English instead there would be the form with "to" – see for example