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Watching a verb shapeshift to match who's doing it and when.
means The systematic changing of a verb's form to express tense, person, number, mood, or voice.
from From Latin conjugare, to yoke together — verbs harnessed to their subjects like oxen to a plow.
Romance nightmareSpanish verbs can sprout over fifty forms each.
Bacterial versionMicrobes also conjugate, swapping DNA instead of endings.
English slackerEnglish barely bothers, adding little more than an s.