Weak Verbs and general verb info

Question 1

What are weak verbs?

Answer 1

Verbs that form their preterite ad past participle by adding a dental suffix to the end.
Laugh–laughed

Question 2

What are the Class 1 of weak verbs?

Answer 2

• Infinitives ending in -an or -rian
• Preterite ending in -(e)de
• Past participle ending in (e)d
• These are futher subdivided into short and long stem

Question 3

What makes up class 2 Weak verbs ?

Answer 3

• Infinitives ending in -ian
• preterite ending in -ode
• Past participle ening in -od

Question 4

Verb + (E)

All classes

Answer 4

Present indicative. first person singular.

Question 5

Verb + ((e)st)

Answer 5

Present indicative. second person. Singular.

Add e for short stem

Question 6

Verb + ((e)þ)

Answer 6

Present Indicative. Third Person. Singular

Add ‘e’ for short stems

Question 7

Verb + (aþ)

Answer 7

Present Indicative. plural.
Imperative plural

Question 8

Verb+ (Ende)

Answer 8

Present participle

Question 9

Verb -ending e.g (lufian-> lufa)

Answer 9

Singular imperative

Question 10

Verb+ (ed+ e)

Answer 10

Class 1. Preterite indicative. 1st person Singular

Question 11

Verb + (Ed+est)

Answer 11

Class one. Preterite indicative. 2nd person singular

Question 12

Verb+ (ed+ e)

Answer 12

Class 1. pretierite indicative. £rd person singular

Question 13

Verb + (ed+on)

Answer 13

Class 1. preterite indicative. Plural

Question 14

Verb (d+e)

Answer 14

Class 1(b). Preterite indicative. 1st singular.

Question 15

Verb + (d+Est)

Answer 15

Class 1(b). Pertierite Indicative. 2nd person. Singular

Question 16

Verb + (d+e)

Answer 16

Class 1(b). Pertierite Indicative. 3rd person. Singular

Question 17

Verb + (d+on)

Answer 17

Class 1(b). Pertierite Indicative. Plural

Question 18

Verb + (od + e)

Answer 18

Class 2. Preterite indicative. 1st person singular

Question 19

Verb + (od+est)

Answer 19

Class 2. Pertierite Indicative. 2nd person. Singular

Question 20

Verb + (od+e)

Answer 20

Class 2. Pertierite Indicative. 3rd person. Singular

Question 21

Verb + (od+on)

Answer 21

Class 1(b). Pertierite Indicative. plural

Question 22

Ge + verb + (Ed/Od)

Answer 22

Past Participle

Question 23

How is the negative formed?

Answer 23

ne + verb
if the verb begins with a vowel, w- or h- then the ‘ne’ blends into the word.

Question 24

How are questions asked?

Answer 24

Reversing the normal Subject+ verb order to Verb+ Subject

iċ hine lufie– ‘I love him to lufie ic hine– ‘Do i love him?’