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| ou
| ou
| ''skebha'' 'I shave', ''skouf'' 'I shaved' <!--cons+h is silent-->
| ''skebha'' 'I shave', ''skouf'' 'I shaved' <!--cons+h is silent-->
|}  
|-
| VII
| u
| a
| ''kuma'' 'I come', ''kam'' 'I came'
|}
 
Weak verbs exist in four classes sorted by their thematic vowel. There is no internal vowel change and uses a pure system of suffixes. The thematic vowel is visible in the infinitive form.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weak verb thematic vowels
|-
! Class !! Thematic vowel !! Infinitive !! Example
|-
|I
|i
| -jen
|''lovjen'' 'to save'
|-
|II
|o
| -on
|''konon'' 'to cry'
|-
|III
|e
| -en
|''haven'' 'to have'
|-
|IV
|no
| -nen
|''fulnen'' 'to fill'
|}
 
There are also nine irregular stem-changing weak class I verbs. These verbs will take the present tense endings in both the present and the past.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Irregular weak class I stems
! Present stem !! Past stem !! Meaning !! Example
|-
| bring-
| braht-
| 'to bring'
| ''bringe'' 'I bring', ''brahte'' 'I brought'
|-
|brusj-
|bruht-
| 'to use'
|''brusje'' 'I use', ''bruhte'' 'I used'
|-
|buzj-
|boht-
| 'to buy' (archaic)
|''buzje'' 'I buy', ''bohte'' 'I bought'
|-
|kaubdzj-
|kaubst-
| 'to strike'
|''kaubdzje'' 'I will strike', ''kaubste'' 'I striked'
|-
|þangzj-
|þaht-
| 'to thank'
|''þengzje'' 'I thank', ''þahte'' 'I thanked'
|-
|þungzj-
|þoht-
| 'to seem'
|''þungzi'' 'it seems', ''þohti'' 'it seemed'
|-
|vorzj-
|vorht-
| 'to function'
|''vorzje'' 'I function', ''vorhte'' 'I functioned'
|}


==== Conjugation ====
==== Conjugation ====
Mangohouse
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