ungrammatically

/ʌŋɡɹæmˈæɾɪkli/ adv

In an ungrammatical manner.

Word Origin Grammar comes from Greek 'gramma,' meaning 'letter' — the art of letters. So 'ungrammatically' means not according to the rules of writing. The same root 'graph' (write) gives us 'telegraph' (distant writing), 'photograph' (light writing), and 'autograph' (self writing).

adv In an ungrammatical manner.

The tourist spoke ungrammatically, mixing up verb tenses constantly.

(副词) 不合语法地;语法错误地

这位游客语法错误地说话,不断混淆动词时态。

(adverbio) agramaticalmente; de manera incorrecta; incorrectamente [De manera gramaticalmente incorrecta.]

El turista hablaba **con errores gramaticales**, confundiendo constantemente los tiempos verbales.

(adverbe) agrammaticalement; incorrectement; de manière agrammaticale [De manière grammaticalement incorrecte.]

Le touriste parlait de manière grammaticalement incorrecte, mélangeant constamment les temps verbaux.

(Adverb) ungrammatisch; grammatikalisch falsch [Auf eine grammatikalisch falsche oder nicht den Sprachregeln entsprechende Weise.]

Der Tourist sprach **ungrammatically**, indem er ständig die Zeitformen durcheinanderbrachte.

(副詞) 文法的に誤った方法で、非文法的に。

その旅行者は動詞の時制を頻繁に取り違え、文法的に崩れた話し方をした。

(advérbio) agramaticalmente [De maneira agramatical; sem seguir as regras gramaticais.]

O turista falava de forma agramatical, confundindo os tempos verbais constantemente.

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