Contionary:taken

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk taken, from Old Skundavisk tākan, tēkan, from Halmisk tēkan, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. The shortening of the /a/ vowel during the late times of Old Skundavisk is irregular and explains why the modern form is not *tåken as it normally would be. This has also caused the verb to switch from the strong verb class 7 to the class 6 which is the usual class for verbs whose main vowel is a short /a/.

Pronunciation

IPA: /tʰakɘn/

Verb

taken (class 6 strong, third-person singular simple present tækt, past tense took, past participle getaken, past subjunctive tøke, auxiliary haven)

  1. to take, to grasp, to seize
    Tak mijne hand.
    Take my hand.

Inflection

infinitive taken
present participle takend
past participle getaken
auxiliary haven
indicative subjunctive
present ik take wi taken ik take wi taken
thou tækst ji takt thou tækst ji takt
hi, si, hit tækt si, Si taken hi, si, hit take si, Si taken
preterit ik took wi tooken ik tøke wi tøken
thou tookst ji tookt thou tøkest ji tøket
hi, si, hit took si, Si tooken hi, si, hit tøke si, Si tøken
imperative tak takt (ji)

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