strong verb
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Germanic languages
- In Germanic languages: Conjugations
…innovations: (1) In the “strong” verb, Germanic transformed Proto-Indo-European ablaut into a specific tense marker (e.g., Proto-Indo-European *bher-, *bhor-, *bhēr-, *bhṛ- in Old English beran ‘bear,’ past singular bær, past plural bæron, past participle boren). (2) In the “weak” verb, Germanic developed a new type of past and past…
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Old English language
- In Old English language
…had a greater proportion of strong verbs (sometimes called irregular verbs in contemporary grammars) than does Modern English. Many verbs that were strong in Old English are weak (regular) verbs in Modern English (e.g., Old English helpan, present infinitive of the verb help; healp, past singular; hulpon, past plural; holpen,…
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