Finite Verbs

Finite verb is a verb that is inflected for person and for tense according to the rules and categories of the languages in which it occurs.
Finite verb can form “ Independent clause “ which can stand by their own as complete sentences , an independent clause as a complete sentence. It contains the main subject and verb of a sentences.




In English , only verbs in certain mood are finite
These include :

1. Indicative mood : expressing a state of affairs.

1. The bulldozer demolished the restaurant.
2. Ami is going to visit her mother in hospital.
3. He has waited his father since morning.


2. Imperative mood : Giving a command.

Example :
Positive command
- Help me, please !

Negative verb
- Don’t do that.


Example:
I walked, they walk, and she walks are finite verbs
* (to) walk is an infinitive.
I lived in Germany.
* "I" is the subject. "Lived" describes what the subject did. "Lived" is a finite verb.Example :
The truck demolished the restaurant.
The leaves were yellow and sickly.

Other kinds of verbals, such as supine and gerundive exist in other languages.

Example:

The finite verbs are the underlined words.

The Crow and the Fox

One day a crow finds a tasty piece of cheese. She picks it up, flaps her wings, and flies to a high branch of a tree to eat it.