Finite verb

A finite verb is a verb that is inflected for person and for tense according to the rules and caetgories of the languages in which it occurs.
Finite verb can form independent clauses, which can stand by their own as complete sentences.


The finite forms of a verb are the verb show tense, person or singular pural. Non-finite verb forms have no person or number.


Example :

- I go, he went, (these verb forms are finite).
- To go, going, gone, (these verb forms are non-finite).


In english, as in, most related languages, only verbs in certain moods are finite. These include :


The Indicative mood,

Expressing a state of affairs use verb example :
- The budozer demolished the restaurant.
- The leaves were yelow and stiff.


Non-Finite verbs :
A non-finite verb has no subject, tense or number.
The only non-finite verb forms are the infinitive (indicated by to). The gerund or the participle.
Example :
I lived in germany to improve my german.


The Imperative mood,

Giving a command dalam imperative mood, finite verb tidak memerlukan kehadoran subject karena tanpa memakai subject pun kalimat sudah jelas.


The subjunctive mood,

Expressing something that might not be the state of affairs, depending on some other part of the sentenses.