Word Meaning 原形不定詞
げんけいふていし
genkeifuteishi
原形不定詞 is read as げんけいふていし (genkeifuteishi) and means bare infinitive.
Meaning
English
- bare infinitive
- root infinitive
Reading
Kana
げんけいふていし
Romaji
genkeifuteishi
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Related Vocabulary
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2toのつかない不定詞を原形不定詞と言う。
An infinitive without a 'to' attached is called a bare infinitive.
動詞helpはto不定詞・原形不定詞の両方をとりますが、くだけた文体では原形不定詞が多いとされており、この例文でもそれが使われています。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.