What can you say about the features of the Pronoun in Old English?
There are three persons for pronouns in Old English (first person = speaker; second person = person being addressed; third person = third party being spoken about) , and the third person has masculine, neuter, and feminine forms. The case of pronouns indicates how they function in a sentence.
types of noun stems do you know?
Stems ending with a vowel + u. Nouns stems ending with –uu. Noun stems ending with –iu. ...
Stems ending with a vowel + i. Noun Stems ending with –ui. Noun Stems ending with -ii.
Stems ending with a consonant + w. Noun stems ending with a hidden –w. Stems ending in consonant -s.
Stems starting with a vowel.
What types of adjectives in Germanic languages do you know?
What can you say about the features of OE verbs?
What tenses of verbs in Germanic languages do you know?
What do you know about 7 gradation classes of strong verbs in OE?
Name 4 principal parts of the OE verb and give example to each part
The principal parts of a verb are its present tense, its present participle, its past tense, and its past participle. The present tense of a regular verb is also sometimes called its infinitive or base form. The present participle is generally used to describe actions that are ongoing
What are Grammatical peculiarities of Old English on the level of Syntax?
What can you say about one of the conspicuous features of OE syntax which is called negation?
One of the conspicuous features of OE syntax was multiple negations within a sentence or clause. The most common negative particle was ne, which was placed before the verb. It was often accompanied by other negative words, mostly nāht or nōht which had developed from ne+ā-whit (nothing). Eventually the negative particle ne was dropped, and the negative meaning came to be expressed by nōht only.
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