A1verb · intransitive · common

grammar

gram·mar

grammar · grammars · grammared · grammaring

To discourse according to the rules of grammarTo discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

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UK/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈɡɹæm.ɚ/

» You must study grammar more.

Du musst mehr Grammatik lernen. — Yorwba

Ihr müsst mehr Grammatik lernen. — Yorwba

Sie müssen mehr Grammatik lernen. — Yorwba

Вам надо больше заниматься грамматикой. — marafon

Тебе надо больше заниматься грамматикой. — marafon

Тобі треба більше вчити граматику. — deniko

Вам треба більше вчити граматику. — deniko

Треба вчити більше граматики. — deniko

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Meaning

1 senses

(obsolete)To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

Examples

297 sentences

You must study grammar more.
Тобі треба більше вчити граматику. — deniko
ruВам надо больше заниматься грамматикой. — marafon
deDu musst mehr Grammatik lernen. — Yorwba
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Grammar is very complicated.
Граматика — дуже складна штука. — deniko
ruГрамматика очень сложная. — Biga
deGrammatik ist sehr kompliziert. — Adelpa
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I think French grammar is difficult.
Мені здається, французька граматика складна. — deniko
ruЯ думаю, грамматика французского трудная. — paul_lingvo
deIch finde die französische Grammatik schwierig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I was never good at grammar.
ruМне никогда не давалась грамматика. — Balamax
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I know a lot about grammar.
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Origin

From Middle English gramere, from Old French gramaire (“classical learning”), from unattes

From Middle English gramere, from Old French gramaire (“classical learning”), from unattested Vulgar Latin *grammāria, an alteration of Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve, scratch”). Displaced native Old English stæfcræft; a doublet of glamour, glamoury, gramarye, and grimoire. Piecewise doublet of grammatic.

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Forms

grammars, grammaring, grammared, grammared

Base form	grammar · to grammar
3rd person singular	grammars
Present participle	grammaring
Past simple	grammared
Past participle	grammared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	grammar
he, she, it	grammars

Past simpleLesson

all persons

grammared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have grammared
he, she, it	has grammared

Future simple (will)Lesson