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Many languages inflect verbs to indicate such categories as person, number, tense, [[aspect (grammar)|aspect]], mood, and [[voice]]. The set of all forms of a verb is called its ''conjugation''. English inflects for number and tense. God ''loves'' us; but we ''love'' God. God ''created'' the Heavens and the Earth; but He creates things daily.
Many languages inflect verbs to indicate such categories as person, number, tense, [[aspect (grammar)|aspect]], mood, and [[voice]]. The set of all forms of a verb is called its ''conjugation''. English inflects for number and tense. God ''loves'' us; but we ''love'' God. God ''created'' the Heavens and the Earth; but He creates things daily.
Verbs can also be divided into [[regular verb|regular verbs]], where the tense is conjugated by adding "-d", "-ed" or occasionally "-t" to the [[base form]], and [[irregular verb|irregular verbs]] where the base form's spelling is altered during conjugation.
For example, a regular verb would be "listen" (past tense = "listen'''ed''') and an irregular verb would be "sit" (past tense = "s'''a'''t").
==Compound verbs==
==Compound verbs==