jean

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Meaning

1. A syntactic marker that carries the tense of the verb, replacing its synthetic form; the true verb follows as a verbal noun.
2. do, make
3. A versatile verb used to express actions or as a helper verb to indicate tense. It often replaces the main verb in certain grammatical structures.

Examples

Pronunciationdʒen

Part of speechverb

Usage noteOften acts as an auxiliary verb; the main verb follows in its verbal noun form.

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