A LIST OF THE VERBS OF THE STRONG CONJUGATION.
We learned in Lesson XLII. that regular verbs of the strong conjugation form their past tense by changing the vowel of the present, and their perfect participle by adding en or n to the present.
Note.—Sometimes one of these characteristics is wanting; as, chide, chid, chidden; sit, sat, sat.
| Present. | Past. | Perf. Part. | ||
| write, | wrote, | written. | ||
| abide, | abode, | abode. | ||
| am, | was, | been. | ||
| arise, | arose, | arisen. | ||
| awake, | awoke,[[2]] | awaked. | ||
| bear, | {bore, | {borne. | ||
| {bare, | {born. | |||
| beat, | beat, | beaten. | ||
| begin, | began, | begun. | ||
| bid, | bade, bid, | bidden. | ||
| bind, | bound, | bound. | ||
| bite, | bit, | {bitten, | ||
| {bit. | ||||
| blow, | blew, | blown. | ||
| break, | broke, | broken. | ||
| chide, | chid, | chidden. | ||
| choose, | chose, | chosen. | ||
| cleave, (split), | clove, | cloven. | ||
| cling, | clung, | clung. | ||
| come, | came, | come. | ||
| crow, | crew,[[2]] | crowed. | ||
| dig, | dug[[2]] | dug. | ||
| do, | did, | done. | ||
| draw, | drew, | drawn. | ||
| drive, | drove, | driven. | ||
| drink, | drank, | drunk. | ||
| eat, | eat, ate, | eaten. | ||
| fall, | fell, | fallen. | ||
| fight, | fought, | fought. | ||
| find, | found, | found. | ||
| fling, | flung, | flung. | ||
| fly, | flew, | flown. | ||
| forget, | forgot, | {forgotten, | ||
| {forgot. | ||||
| forsake, | forsook, | forsaken. | ||
| freeze, | froze, | frozen. | ||
| get, | got, | {gotten, | ||
| {got. | ||||
| give, | gave, | given. | ||
| go, | went, | gone. | ||
| grind, | ground, | ground. | ||
| grow, | grew, | grown. | ||
| hang, | hung,[[2]] | hung.[[2]] | ||
| hide, | hid, | {hidden, | ||
| {hid. | ||||
| hold, | held, | held. | ||
| know, | knew, | known. | ||
| lie, | lay, | lain. | ||
| mow, | mowed, | mown. | ||
| ride, | rode, | ridden. | ||
| ring, | rang, | rung. | ||
| rise, | rose, | risen. | ||
| run, | ran, | run. | ||
| see, | saw, | seen. | ||
| shake, | shook, | shaken. | ||
| shear, | sheared, | shorn.[[2]] | ||
| shine, | shone,[[2]] | shone.[[2]] | ||
| show, | showed, | shown.[[2]] | ||
| shrink, | shrank, | shrunk. | ||
| sing, | sang, | sung. | ||
| sink, | sank, | {sunk, | ||
| {sunken. | ||||
| sit, | sat, | sat. | ||
| slay, | slew, | slain. | ||
| slide, | slid, | slidden. | ||
| sling, | slung, | slung. | ||
| slink, | slunk, | slunk. | ||
| slit, | slit, | slit. | ||
| smite, | smote, | smitten. | ||
| sow, | sowed, | sown.[[2]] | ||
| speak, | spoke, | spoken. | ||
| spin, | spun, | spun. | ||
| spring, | sprang, | sprung. | ||
| stand, | stood, | stood. | ||
| steal, | stole, | stolen. | ||
| stick, | stuck, | stuck. | ||
| sting, | stung, | stung. | ||
| stink, | stank, | stunk. | ||
| strew, | strewed, | {strewn,[[2]] | ||
| {strown. | ||||
| stride, | strode, | stridden. | ||
| strike, | struck, | {struck, | ||
| {stricken. | ||||
| string, | strung, | strung. | ||
| strive, | strove, | striven. | ||
| swear, | swore, | sworn. | ||
| swim, | swam, | swum. | ||
| swing, | swung, | swung. | ||
| take, | took, | taken. | ||
| tear, | tore, | torn. | ||
| thrive, | throve,[[2]] | thriven.[[2]] | ||
| throw, | threw, | thrown. | ||
| tread, | trod, | trodden. | ||
| wax, | waxed, | waxen.[[2]] | ||
| wear, | wore, | worn. | ||
| weave, | wove, | woven. | ||
| win, | won, | won. | ||
| wind, | wound, | wound. | ||
| wring, | wrung, | wrung. | ||
| write, | wrote, | written. |
| [2] | Also like the weak conjugation. |
A LIST OF DEFECTIVE VERBS OF THE WEAK CONJUGATION.
| Present. | Past. | Perf. Part. | ||
| can, | could, | —— | ||
| may, | might, | —— | ||
| shall, | should, | —— | ||
| will, | would, | —— | ||
| must, | must, | —— | ||
| ought, | ought, | —— |