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Knench has only six inflected verbs (i.e. verbs with inflected past and future forms): | Knench has only six inflected verbs (i.e. verbs with inflected past and future forms): | ||
*''luð'' 'to be' | *''luð'' 'to be' | ||
*''śuð'' 'to do' (from *ʕaśō, with contamination from *paȝal) | *''śuð'' 'to do' (from *ʕaśō, with contamination from *paȝal): used to form past and future perfective tenses | ||
*''buð'' 'to come' | *''buð'' 'to come': sometimes means 'must, have to'. ''bu'' is still used as a directional. | ||
*''leht'' 'to go' (from *halak), also used as a passive auxilliary | *''leht'' 'to go' (from *halak), also used as a passive auxilliary for dechticaetiative objects | ||
*''kaht'' 'to take' (from *laqaħ) | *''kaht'' 'to take' (from *laqaħ): also used for animate patients of ditransitive verbs | ||
*''ðeht'' 'to give' (from *natan, with contamination from *hinīħ 'to leave' and naħħil 'to bequeath') | *''ðeht'' 'to give' (from *natan, with contamination from *hinīħ 'to leave' and naħħil 'to bequeath'): also used for causatives | ||
Their forms have become more similar to each other due to analogy. | Their forms have become more similar to each other due to analogy. | ||
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