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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'''.'' | ||
*''Ik '''was''' hǣma '''gangnas'''.'' ‘I had gone home.’ | **‘She has become a doctor.’ | ||
*''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. | ||
*''Sī itmit '''gaf gā'''.'' ‘She had given it to him.’ | *''Sī itmit '''gaf gā'''.'' | ||
*''Ik þik '''sǣja gā'''.'' ‘I have seen you.’ | **‘She had given it to him.’ | ||
*''Ik þik '''sǣja gā'''.'' | |||
**‘I have seen you.’ | |||
====Forming the Future==== | ====Forming the Future==== |