Verbal Conjugation of Town Speech
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Like most other Germanic languages, verbs in Town Speech/Urban Basanawa do conjugate according to the persons of the subject and tenses, and verbs are divided into strong verbs and weak verbs, besides, there are modal verbs and irregular verbs.
In Town Speech/Urban Basanawa, strong verbs are exclusively of Germanic origin and they form a closed class. In general, the conjugation patterns of verbs in Town Speech/Urban Basanawa are similar to that of English, Dutch, Low German and Standard German.
The insertion of schwa follows the schwa insertion rule
Strong verbs(used with corresponding stem vowel changes):
Infinitive: -en
Present:
- 1st sg: -
- 2nd sg(the schwa insertion rule is applied): -st/-est
- 3rd sg(the schwa insertion rule is applied): -t/-et
- pl(the schwa insertion rule is applied): -t/-et
Preterite/past tense:
- 1st sg: -
- 2nd sg(the schwa insertion rule is applied): -st/-est
- 3rd sg: -
- pl: -en
present participle: infinitive+-d
past participle: -en
stem vowel change(shown in IPA):
Class I: /aɪ/-/i:/-/ɛ/
Class II: /i:/(/aʊ/ in some cases)-/u:/-/o:/
Class IIIa: /ɪ/-/a/-/ʊ/
Class IIIb: /ɛ/-/a/-/ɔ/
Class IV: /e:/-/ɑ:/-/o:/
Class V: /e:/-/ɑ:/-/e:/
Class VIa: /ɑ:/-/u:/-/ɑ:/
Class VIb: /a/-/u:/-/a/
Class VIIa1: /a/-/ɛ/-/a/
Class VIIa2: /ɔ/-/ɛ/-/ɔ/
Class VIIb1: /ɑ:/-/i:/-/ɑ:/
Class VIIb2: /u:/-/i:/-/u:/
Weak Verbs:
Infinitive: -en
Present:
- 1st sg: -
- 2nd sg(the schwa insertion rule is applied): -st/-est
- 3rd sg(the schwa insertion rule is applied): -t/-et
- pl(the schwa insertion rule is applied): -t/-et
Preterite/past tense(the schwa insertion rule is applied):
- 1st sg: -d/-ed/-t
- 2nd sg: -dest/-edest/-test
- 3rd sg: -d/-ed/-t
- pl: -den/-eden/-ten
present participle: infinitive+-d
past participle(the schwa insertion rule is applied): -d/-ed/-t ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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