Though normally not capitalized in English, the term schadenfreude is sometimes capitalized to mimic German-language convention, as German nouns are always capitalized. The corresponding German adjective is schadenfroh.he term  compersion , taking joy in the joy of loved ones, is generally considered an antonym of schadenfreude. In Chinese, the phrase å¹¸ç¾ä¹ç¥¸ literally translates to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster, and serves the same meaning as schadenfreude.
Helping verbs or auxiliary verbs such as will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need are used in conjunction with main verbs to express shades of time and mood. The combination of helping verbs with main verbs creates what are called verb phrases or verb strings.
The traditional term for a noun, pronoun, or other nominal that follows a linking verb (usually a form of the verb be). The contemporary term for a predicate nominative is subject complement. The predicate nominative is used with the verb to be and all its forms: be, am, is, are, was, were and been. 2  Think of the verb as an equal sign: What's on one side of it is the same as what's on the other side, especially when it comes to pronoun case.