Finite verbs

[cute angel]

Goodafternoon to all of you;

I'll try this time to write a full context by which you can understand me easily.

We are studied FINITE & NONFINITE verbs I got the lesson but I have some doubt.

would you like to tell me if my following examples are true or not:

EX:

She is a doctor

She bought a new car.

In both examples the two verbs are finite because they indicate a simple tense.

Ex:2

She is playing tennis.

In this case the verb is not a finite verb but if we take *IS** we can say that it's finite.

This is my point of view about it.

So if it's wrong I hope you will correct me

I'm so gratful.

Regards

 

[Matching Mole]

That seems to be correct. Finite verbs change for tense, person and number. Does the verb change if you change one of these?

She is a doctor
They are doctors
He was a doctor

Yes, it does, so it is finite.

She is playing tennis:
They are playing tennis
He was playing tennis

No, "playing" does not change, it's the present participle, which is non-finite. As you say "is" changes: this is the finite part of the compound verb.

Other non-finite verbs are the infinitive and the past participle.

 

[cute angel]

Yes I understood now the difference

But I want to know if modales are finite or not?

I think they are finite because they change the form from the present to the past

Regards

 

[Matching Mole]

Modal auxiliaries don't have non-finite forms so they don't fit in this category.

 

[Outsider]

I got the lesson but I have some doubts.

I would you like to tell me if my following examples are true right or not:

EX:

She is a doctor

She bought a new car.

In both examples the two verbs are finite because they indicate a simple tense.

Ex:2

She is playing tennis.

In this case the verb is not a finite verb but if we take *IS** we can say that it's finite.

In your second example, you can speak of the compound verb, or the simple verbs which compose it:

is: obviously finite
playing: obviously non-finite
is playing: finite (the present progressive tense), in my opinion

Regards.

 

[cute angel]

So you mean that the present contunious and past countinous are finite????

 

[Outsider]

In my opinion, yes. It's a present tense, after all!
But I am not a linguist or a grammarian.

 

[cute angel]

Thanks anyway

I hope to see others participate in that topic

Regards

And I appreciate your help brother Outsider

 

[cute angel]

I still not sure because there are ttwo points of view

So please shed some light on.

Regards

 

[Outsider]

See if you can find the answer to your question here.