From: Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> > (OK, so I was thinking "kanne". Sue me.)
> Welcome to the world of preterite-presents. (Similar in English: "he
> can", not *"he cans".)
Well, that's the first time I've heard them called that. Kinda sorta makes sense,
though what *we* learned as "modal auxiliaries" plus "wissen" change their
vowel in the present as you move from sing. to pl., whereas strong verbs in the
preterite do not.
Kou