Re: Think, thank, thunk (was Re: Unicode character pickers)
From: | René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> |
Date: | Monday, March 20, 2006, 0:04 |
Carsten Becker wrote:
> It's fun, yes. I can't get arrive - arrove - arriven out of
> my head. I even found a website called "Gesellschaft zur
> Erhaltung Starker Verben" or something on the internet one
> day. They've also got a section with lists for English
> verbs.
Yes, it's really great: http://www.soviseau.de/verben/en.htm
In Dutch the verb "erven" (to inherit) is very much on its way of
becoming a strong verb. The only correct forms are "erven - erfde -
geërfd", but many people have the past participle "georven".
Curiously, one never hears the corresponding past tense "ierf".
René