Contionary:taken

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk taken, from Old Skundavisk tākan, tēkan, from Halmisk ᛏᛖᚲᚨᚾ (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/. However, typical class 7 preterit forms like tek can still be heard in some dialects.

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)