不定詞
ふていし
infinitive
Meanings
Noun
infinitive
Example sentences
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An infinitive without a 'to' attached is called a bare infinitive.
needless to sayは不定詞の慣用表現として紹介されることが多いです。
'Needless to say' is often used as an idiomatic expression in the infinitive.
不定詞の形容詞的用法には2種類あり、①限定用法、②叙述用法。②はもちろん主格補語です。
There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.
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.