Each word's part of speech (POS) is tagged automatically by the language model, so occasional
mistags are possible. A word used in more than one role — Spanish que as both a
conjunction and a pronoun — can be narrowed to one role with the POS filter in the subtitle
navigation.
| Shown as | Part of speech | Role in a sentence |
| Noun |
Noun |
Names a person, place, thing or idea. Acts as the subject or object of a verb. e.g. dog, idea, house |
| Prop n |
Proper noun |
The name of a specific person, place or organisation. e.g. Tokyo, María |
| Verb |
Verb |
Expresses an action or state; the core of the sentence's predicate. e.g. run, know, become |
| Aux |
Auxiliary |
A helper verb that adds tense, mood or voice to a main verb, or links a subject to a description (the copula). e.g. is, have, will, can |
| Adj |
Adjective |
Describes or qualifies a noun. e.g. red, happy, old |
| Adverb |
Adverb |
Modifies a verb, adjective or whole clause — how, when, where or how much. e.g. quickly, very, here |
| Pron |
Pronoun |
Stands in for a noun that is already known from context. e.g. she, this, who |
| Det |
Determiner |
Introduces a noun and specifies which one or how many. e.g. the, a, some, my |
| Prep |
Preposition |
Links a noun to the rest of the sentence to show place, time or relation. e.g. in, of, with |
| Conj |
Conjunction |
Joins words, phrases or clauses together. e.g. and, but, because, that |
| Part |
Particle |
A small function word with a grammatical job but little meaning of its own. e.g. not, to (in “to go”) |
| Interj |
Interjection |
A standalone exclamation or reaction. e.g. oh!, hey, wow |
| Number |
Number |
A numeral or number word. e.g. three, 3 |
| Punct · Symbol · Other |
Punctuation, symbol, unclassified |
Not vocabulary; tagged so it can be told apart from real words. e.g. ?, %, … |
Japanese-specific categories
| Shown as | Part of speech | Role in a sentence |
| Adj n |
Adjectival noun |
A “na-adjective”: describes a noun, taking な before it. e.g. 静か, 好き |
| Adnom |
Adnominal |
Can only modify the noun that follows it; never inflects. e.g. この, 大きな |
| Prefix |
Prefix |
Attaches to the front of a word, often for politeness. e.g. お (お茶), ご |
| Suffix |
Suffix |
Attaches to the end of a word, e.g. name honorifics and counters. e.g. さん, 的, 枚 |
| Part |
Particle |
Marks a word's role in the sentence: topic, subject, object, direction… e.g. は, が, を, に |
| Aux |
Auxiliary |
Attaches to verbs and adjectives for politeness, tense or negation. e.g. です, ます, た, ない |
Arabic subcategories
CAMeL Tools splits several categories into finer subtypes.
| Shown as | Part of speech | Role in a sentence |
| Dem pron |
Demonstrative pronoun |
Points to something: this, that, these. e.g. هذا “this”, تلك “that (f.)” |
| Rel pron |
Relative pronoun |
Introduces a relative clause: who, which, that. e.g. الذي “who, which (m.)”, التي “who, which (f.)” |
| Interrog pron |
Interrogative pronoun |
Asks who or what. e.g. من “who?”, ماذا “what?” |
| Excl pron |
Exclamatory pronoun |
The ما of exclamations: how…! e.g. ما أجمل “how beautiful…!” |
| Interrog adv |
Interrogative adverb |
Asks when, where or how. e.g. متى “when?”, أين “where?”, كيف “how?” |
| Rel adv |
Relative adverb |
Introduces a clause of place or time: where, when. e.g. حيث “where” |
| Comp adj |
Comparative adjective |
The elative form: bigger, biggest. e.g. أكبر “bigger, biggest”, أحسن “better, best” |
| Num adj |
Numerical adjective |
An ordinal number: first, third. e.g. أول “first”, ثالث “third” |
| Num n |
Number noun |
A cardinal number word. e.g. ثلاثة “three”, عشرون “twenty” |
| Quant n |
Quantity noun |
Expresses an amount: all, some, each. e.g. كل “all, every”, بعض “some” |
| Pseudo v |
Pseudo verb |
إنّ and its sisters: verb-like particles that put the following noun in the accusative. e.g. إنّ “indeed”, لكنّ “but”, ليت “if only” |
| Neg part |
Negative particle |
Negates a verb or sentence. e.g. لا “not, no”, لن “will not”, لم “did not” |
| Fut part |
Future marker particle |
Marks the future tense. e.g. سوف “will” |
| Voc part |
Vocative particle |
Addresses someone directly: O…! e.g. يا “O…!, hey” |
| Verb part |
Verbal particle |
Comes before a verb to add nuance, e.g. certainty or possibility. e.g. قد “already; may” |
| Restr part |
Restrictive particle |
Restricts the statement: only, merely. e.g. إنما “only, rather” |
| Focus part |
Focus particle |
Sets up a topic for emphasis or contrast: as for… e.g. أمّا “as for” |
| Interrog part |
Interrogative particle |
Turns a statement into a yes/no question. e.g. هل “marks a yes/no question” |
| Dem part |
Demonstrative particle |
The attention-drawing ها prefixed to demonstratives. e.g. ها “here! — as in هاهو, here he is” |
| Det part |
Determiner particle |
A particle acting as a determiner before a noun. |
| Sub conj |
Subordinating conjunction |
Introduces a dependent clause: that, because. e.g. أنّ “that”, لأنّ “because” |
| Abbr |
Abbreviation |
A shortened form of a word or name. |
| Digit |
Digit |
A number written in digits. e.g. ٣ “3” |
| Foreign |
Latin/Foreign |
A word in Latin script or from another language. |