英語「preface」の動詞活用・時制一覧

英語の動詞「preface」の活用形と時制を一覧で紹介します。

「preface」の活用形

「preface」の活用形は以下の通りです。

原形｜preface
三単現｜prefaces
過去形｜prefaced
過去分詞｜prefaced
現在分詞｜prefacing

「preface」の意味と使い方とは
「preface」は名詞としては「序文」「前書き」という意味で、書籍や論文などの冒頭に置かれ、内容の概要や執筆の意図、謝辞などを述べます。動詞としては「～の序文を書く」「～に序文をつける」という意味の他、「～を前置きとして述べる」「～の口火を切る」といった意味合いで使われます。例えば、「He prefaced his remarks with an apology.（彼は謝罪の言葉を前置きとして述べた）」のように使われます。また、会話の中で何かを言う前に、相手に注意を促したり、自分の発言の意図を伝えるために「Let me preface this by saying…（これを言う前に言っておきたいのは…）」のように使うこともあります。

「preface」の時制一覧

「preface」の時制は以下の通りです。

現在形
I preface
You preface
He/She/It prefaces
We preface
They preface

過去形
I prefaced
You prefaced
He/She/It prefaced
We prefaced
They prefaced

現在完了形
I have prefaced
You have prefaced
He/She/It has prefaced
We have prefaced
They have prefaced

現在進行形
I am prefacing
You are prefacing
He/She/It is prefacing
We are prefacing
They are prefacing

未来形
I will preface
You will preface
He/She/It will preface
We will preface
They will preface

過去進行形
I was prefacing
You were prefacing
He/She/It was prefacing
We were prefacing
They were prefacing

未来進行形
I will be prefacing
You will be prefacing
He/She/It will be prefacing
We will be prefacing
They will be prefacing

過去完了形
I had prefaced
You had prefaced
He/She/It had prefaced
We had prefaced
They had prefaced

未来完了形
I will have prefaced
You will have prefaced
He/She/It will have prefaced
We will have prefaced
They will have prefaced

現在完了進行形
I have been prefacing
You have been prefacing
He/She/It has been prefacing
We have been prefacing
They have been prefacing

過去完了進行形
I had been prefacing
You had been prefacing
He/She/It had been prefacing
We had been prefacing
They had been prefacing

未来完了進行形
I will have been prefacing
You will have been prefacing
He/She/It will have been prefacing
We will have been prefacing
They will have been prefacing

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