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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
[[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /mʊɟən/
* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /mʊɟən/


===Verb===
===Verb===

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk mugen, from Old Skundavisk mugan, from Halmisk mugan, magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą. The original form magan probably shifted to mugan by analogy with the other modals kunnan and skullan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mʊɟən/

Verb

mugen (modal verb, third-person singular simple present mag, past tense moghte, past participle gemoght, past subjunctive myghte, auxiliary haven)

  1. (auxilary, with an infinitive) may (possibility)
    Si mugen læter komen.
    They may come later.
  2. (auxilary, with an infinitive) may, to be allowed to
    Mag ik sitten ?
    May I sit ?

Inflection

infinitive mugen
present participle mugend
past participle gemoght
auxiliary haven
indicative subjunctive
present ik mag wi mugen ik muge wi mugen
thou magt ji mugt thou mugst ji mugt
hi, si, hit mag si, Si mugen hi, si, hit muge si, Si mugen
preterit ik moghte wi moghten ik myghte wi myghten
thou moghtest ji moghtet thou myghtest ji myghtet
hi, si, hit moghte si, Si moghten hi, si, hit myghte si, Si myghten
imperative mug mugt (ji)

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