Strong Verbs
132. In the strong verbs the plur. of the pret. indic. generally
has a different vowel from that of the sing. The 1 sg. pret. of
the middle voice always has the vowel of the pl. pret.: _g??fumk_.
The pret. subj. has the vowel of the pret. indic. plur. mutated:
_skaut_ (he shot), _skutu_ (they shot), _skyti_ (he might shoot).
But there is no mutation in verbs of the first conj.: _hlj??pi_,
inf. _hlaupa_ (leap).
133. The pres. indic. sing. mutates the root-vowel in all three
persons: _ek sk??t_, _???« sk??tr_, _hann sk??tr_, infin. _skj??ta_
(shoot). _e_ however is not mutated: _ek gef_, _???« gefr_. The
inflectional _r_ is liable to the same modifications as the _r_
of nouns (?§ 32): _sk?«nn_, _v?™x_, infin. _sk?«na_ (shine), _vaxa_
(grow).
134. Verbs in _ld_ change the _d_ into _t_ in the 1, 3 sg. pret.
indic. and in the imper. sg.: _helt_ (held), _halt_ (hold!),
infin. _halda_. _nd_ becomes _tt_, and _ng_ becomes _kk_ under
the same conditions: _binda_ (bind), _ganga_ (go), pret.
Pages:
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57