Western Scots Norse: Difference between revisions
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The stative doesn't exist for every verb, but the forms are still displayed for convenience's sake. | The stative doesn't exist for every verb, but the forms are still displayed for convenience's sake. | ||
The original mediopassive indicative only remains in a small set of verbs acting as a reciprocal, typically physical actions taken towards others, like {{lang|snon|{{term|}}}} ("to fight"), {{lang|snon|{{term|slà}}}} ("to hit"), {{lang|snon|{{term|}}}} ("to embrace"), as well as a few abstract verbs, such as {{lang|snon|{{term|elsc}}}} ("to love"). Otherwise it's been replaced by {{lang|snon|{{term| | The original mediopassive indicative only remains in a small set of verbs acting as a reciprocal, typically physical actions taken towards others, like {{lang|snon|{{term|}}}} ("to fight"), {{lang|snon|{{term|slà}}}} ("to hit"), {{lang|snon|{{term|}}}} ("to embrace"), as well as a few abstract verbs, such as {{lang|snon|{{term|elsc}}}} ("to love"). Otherwise it's been replaced by {{lang|snon|{{term|hennar}}}} | ||
Verbs have reduced to such a limited number of forms that analogy and sound changes have leveled them all down to essentially one pattern (excluding a few irregular verbs), which seemingly descends from Old Norse's weak class 2 pattern. | Verbs have reduced to such a limited number of forms that analogy and sound changes have leveled them all down to essentially one pattern (excluding a few irregular verbs), which seemingly descends from Old Norse's weak class 2 pattern. | ||
{{snon-conj|t|àl|àel}} | {{snon-out-conj|t|àl|àel}} | ||
{{snon-conj|m|èl}} | {{snon-out-conj|m|èl}} | ||
{{snon-conj|à|gh|egh}} | {{snon-out-conj|à|gh|egh}} | ||
====Suppletive verbs==== | ====Suppletive verbs==== | ||
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Another suppletive verb is that of {{lang|snon|{{term|elsc}}}}, which has a suppletive reciprocal from the Old Norse verb "unna" (Scots Norse "uen") | Another suppletive verb is that of {{lang|snon|{{term|elsc}}}}, which has a suppletive reciprocal from the Old Norse verb "unna" (Scots Norse "uen") | ||
{{snon-conj|e|lsc}} | {{snon-out-conj|e|lsc}} | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||