(E2) Lesson 0.1 Parts of Speech Review

Parts of speech are different categories of words in a language. Each part plays a unique role and operate together in a sentence, like gears in a machine. There are eight basic parts of speech when you study English.

PART OF SPEECHROLELATIN EXAMPLEENGLISH EXAMPLE
noun
Person, place, thing or idea
puellagirl
verb
Action or state of being

edō
I eat
adjective
Modifies a noun
bonumgood
adverb
Modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb
benewell
pronoun
Replaces a noun
ego/mēI/me
preposition
Tells the position of a noun in relation to another noun
inin
conjunction
Connects words, phrases, and clauses
etand
interjection
Expression of emotion
Eugepae!Hooray!
interrogative*
Begins a question sentence
Quis?Who?

*Interrogatives are not a part of speech, but we included them here because they are a type of word you will encounter often, especially in the conversational vocabulary!