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Intransitive verbs are formed in the Romance style by creating a compound of the verb ''[[Contionary: wisna#Valthungian|wisna]]'' and the past participle. (The participle is an adjective, and is declined in the nominative to agree with the subject.) | Intransitive verbs are formed in the Romance style by creating a compound of the verb ''[[Contionary: wisna#Valthungian|wisna]]'' and the past participle. (The participle is an adjective, and is declined in the nominative to agree with the subject.) | ||
*''Sī ist lēkare worðna.'' ‘She has become a doctor.’ | *''Sī '''ist''' lēkare '''worðna'''.'' ‘She has become a doctor.’ | ||
*''Ik was hǣma gangnas.'' ‘I had gone home.’ | *''Ik '''was''' hǣma '''gangnas'''.'' ‘I had gone home.’ | ||
Transitive verbs are formed in the Gothic manner, though the ''ga-'' prefix from Gothic has since been grammaticalized and stands on its own as an adverb which is usually placed clause-finally. | Transitive verbs are formed in the Gothic manner, though the ''ga-'' prefix from Gothic has since been grammaticalized and stands on its own as an adverb which is usually placed clause-finally. | ||