finite verbs

WHAT IS INFINITE VERB?

In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual (traditional) description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives. As with many linguistic concepts, there is not a single definition of infinitive that applies to all languages. Many Native American languages and some languages in Africa and Aboriginal Australia simply do not have infinitives or verbal nouns. In their place they use finite verb forms used in ordinary clauses or special constructions.

In languages that have infinitives, they generally have most of the following properties:

• In most uses, infinitives are non-finite verbs.
• They function as other lexical categories — usually nouns — within the clauses that contain them, for example by serving as the subject of another verb.
• They do not represent any of the verb's arguments (as employer and employee do).
• They are not inflected to agree with any subject
• They cannot serve as the only verb of a declarative sentence.
• They do not have tense, aspect, moods, and/or voice, or they are limited in the range of tenses, aspects, moods, and/or voices that they can use. (In languages where infinitives do not have moods at all, they are usually treated as being their own non-finite mood.)
• They are used with auxiliary verbs.

• source : wikipedia, keyword : infinite verb

WHAT I THINK ABOUT FINITE VERB?

here's some opinion on others source,

finite verbs are those verbs which can tell you the time.
e.g. She drives to work everyday. (simple present)
Tom went to play football yesterday. (simple past)
They are playing in the garden.(present continuous)
and so on.
the non-finite verbs include " present participle"
"past participle" and "infinitives".
Those are non-finite verbs. and you can find a clear definition in some english grammar website.

so, what you think? you got it, dude?

I think it's a very simple thing.Finite verbs are verbs that agree with either number or tense.This means they are verbs that change form as subjects and time also change....He comes
...They come
I see her everyday
I saw her yesterday
The verbs "come" "comes" "see" and "saw" are all finite verbs.However,non-finite verbs are ones that are affected by neither number nor tense.That is,they do not change form even if subjects or time changes.Good examples of non-finite verbs are verbs that immediately follow the "to" infinitive and modal auxilliaries(may,can,should,might etc)
She may go
They may go
She wants to go
They want to go
We wanted to go
As you can see,the verb "go" in all the five examples above remains constant(unchanged).

ok, now mr.THEORYofLastPastTenses will explain you, haha :)

What is Finite Verbs?by:kira

Finite verbs mean the verbs which can change the form in accordance with the subject.

• I eat rice. / He eats rice. / They eat rice.
• I am a student. / He is a student. / They are students.

What is Infinite Verbs?

On the other hand, Infinite verbs is the verbs which dol not change their form in accordance with the subjects.

• I am eating rice.
• He is eating rice.
• They are eating rice.