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Re: Strong/weak verbs

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Sunday, August 12, 2007, 10:23
>Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:
>I've been thinking long and detailed through my German studies from >many years ago. Weak German verbs add -te for past tense and ge- + -te >for the past participle. Strong verbs change by ablaut. I cannot think >of any verbs which change by ablaut and used the weak verb >prefix/postfix. Is there such a thing? Would such a pattern exist in >any other natlangs?
Does bringen/brachte/gebracht qualify? Charlie

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Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...>
Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
T. A. McLeay <conlang@...>