Beginning Old English
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Give the case, number, gender, and grammatical type for:
sē - Nominative, singular, masculine, definite article.
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Give the case, number, gender, and grammatical type for:
sēo - Nominative, singular, feminine, definite article.
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Give the case, number, gender, and grammatical type for:
ƥæt - Nominative OR accusative, singular, neuter, definite article.
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Give the case, number, gender, and grammatical type for:
ƥā -
Nominative, singular, feminine definite article
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Nominative OR Accusative plural definite article
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Adverb, meaning "when/then". -
Give the case, number, gender, and grammatical type for:
ƥone - Accusative, singular, masculine, definite article.
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Give the case, number, gender and grammatical type for:
ƥǣs - Genitive, singular, masculine OR neuter definite article.
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Give the case, number, gender and grammatical type for:
ƥǣre - Genitive OR Datitive, singular, feminine, definite article.
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Give the case, number, gender and grammatical type for:
ƥāra/ƥǣra - Genitive, plural, definite article.
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Give the case, number, gender and grammatical type for:
ƥǣm/ƥām -
Dative, singular, masculine OR neuter definite article
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Dative, plural definite article -
Give the case, number, gender and grammatical type for:
ƥy/ƥon - Instrumental, singular, masculine OR neuter, definite article
- Define and conjugate "bēon" in the present indicative using the appropriate pronoun.
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"to be"
iċ bēo (I am)
ƥū bist (you are)
ġit bēoƥ (you two are)
hē/hēo/hit biƥ (he/she/it is)
wē bēoƥ (we are)
wit bēoƥ
ġē bēoƥ (you are, pl.)
hīe/hī/hy/hēo bēoƥ (they are) - What is the singular and plural imperative form of "bēon"?
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bēo (sg)
bēoƥ (pl) - Define and conjugate "weson" in the present indicative using the appropriate pronoun.
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"to be"
iċ eom (I am)
ƥū eart (you are)
ġit sindon/sind (you two are)
hē/hēo/hit is (he/she/it is)
wē sindon/sind (we are)
wit sindon/sind (we two are)
ġē sindon/sind (you are, pl.)
hīe/hī/hy/hēo sindon/sind (they are) - What is the singular and plural imperative form of "wesan"?
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wes (sg)
wesaƥ (pl) - Define and conjugate "weson" in the past indicative using the appropriate pronoun.
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"to be"
iċ wæs (I was)
ƥū wǣre (you were, sg.)
ġit wǣre (you two were)
hē/hēo/hit wǣs (he/she/it is)
wē wǣre (we were)
wit wǣre (we two were)
ġē wǣre (you were, pl.)
hÄ«e/hÄ«/hy/hÄ“o wÇ£re (they were) - Define and conjugate "dōn" in the present indicative using the appropriate pronoun.
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"to do"
iċ dŠ(I do)
ƥū dēst (you do, sg.)
Ä¡it dÅÆ¥ (you two do)
hē/hēo/hit dēƥ (he/she/it does)
wÄ“ dÅÆ¥ (we do)
wit dÅÆ¥ (we two do)
ġē dÅÆ¥ (you do, pl.)
hÄ«e/hÄ«/hy/hÄ“o dÅÆ¥ (they do) - What are the singular and plural imperative forms of "dōn"?
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dō (sg)
dōƥ (pl) - Define and conjugate "dōn" in the past/imperfect indicative using the appropriate pronoun.
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"to do"
iċ dyde (I did)
ƥū dydest (you did, sg.)
ġit dydon (you two did)
hē/hēo/hit dyde (he/she/it did)
wē dydon (we did)
wit dydon (we two did)
ġē dydon (you did, pl.)
hÄ«e/hÄ«/hy/hÄ“o dydon (they did) - Define and conjugate "gān" in the present indicative using the appropriate pronoun.
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"to go"
iÄ‹ gÄ (I go)
ƥū gǣst (you go, sg.)
Ä¡it gÄÆ¥ (you two go)
hē/hēo/hit gǣƥ (he/she/it goes)
wÄ“ gÄÆ¥ (we go)
wit gÄÆ¥ (we two go)
ġē gÄÆ¥ (you go, pl.)
hÄ«e/hÄ«/hy/hÄ“o gÄÆ¥ (they go) - Define and conjugate "gān" in the past/imperfect indicative using the appropriate pronouns.
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"to go"
iċ ēode (I went)
ƥū ēodest (you went, sg.)
ġit ēoden (you two went)
hē/hēo/hit ēode (he/she/it went)
wē ēoden (we went)
wit ēoden (we two went)
ġē ēoden (you went, pl.)
hÄ«e/hÄ«/hy/hÄ“o Ä“oden (they went) - What are the imperative singular and plural forms of "gān"?
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gā (sg)
gāƥ (pl) - Define and conjugate "willan" in the present indicative using the appropriate pronouns.
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"to want/desire"
iċ wil(l)e (I want)
ƥū wilt (you want, sg.)
ġit willaƥ (you two want)
hē/hēo/hit wil(l)e (he/she/it wants)
wē willaƥ (we want)
wit willaƥ (we two want)
ġē willaƥ (you want, pl.)
hīe/hī/hy/hēo willaƥ (they want) - Define and conjugate "willan" in the past/imperfect indicative using the appropriate pronouns.
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"to want/desire"
iċ wolde (I wanted)
ƥū woldest (you wanted, sg.)
ġit woldon (you two wanted)
hē/hēo/hit wolde (he/she/it wanted)
wē woldon (we wanted)
wit woldon (we two wanted)
ġē woldon (you wanted, pl.)
hīe/hī/hy/hēo woldon (they wanted) - What are the imperative singular and plural forms of "willan"?
- There are no imperative forms of "willan".
- Define and conjugate "nyllan" in the present indicative using the appropriate pronouns.
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"to not want/desire"
iċ nyl(l)e (I do not want)
ƥū nylt (you do not want, sg.)
ġit nyllaƥ (you two do not want)
hē/hēo/hit nyl(l)e (he/she/it does not want)
wē nyllaƥ (we do not want)
wit nyllaƥ (we two do not want)
ġē nyllaƥ (you do not want, pl.)
hīe/hī/hy/hēo nyllaƥ (they do not want) - Define and conjugate "nyllan" in the past/imperfect indicative using the appropriate pronouns.
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"to not want/desire"
iċ nolde (I did not want)
ƥū noldest (you did not want, sg.)
ġit noldon (you two did not want)
hē/hēo/hit nolde (he/she/it did not want)
wē noldon (we did not want)
wit noldon (we two did not want)
ġē noldon (you did not want, pl.)
hīe/hī/hy/hēo noldon (they did not want) - Define and conjugate "habban" in the present indicative using the appropriate pronouns.
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"to have"
iċ hæbbe (I have)
ƥū hafast/hæfst (you have, sg.)
ġit habbaƥ (you two have)
hē/hēo/hit hafaƥ/hæfƥ (he/she/it has)
wē habbaƥ (we have)
wit habbaƥ (we two have)
ġē habbaƥ (you have, pl.)
hīe/hī/hy/hēo habbaƥ (they have) - Define and conjugate "habban" in the past/imperfect indicative using the appropriate pronouns.
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"to have"
iċ hæfde (I had)
ƥū hæfdest (you had, sg.)
ġit hæfdon (you two had)
hē/hēo/hit hæfde (he/she/it had)
wē hæfdon (we had)
wit hæfdon (we two had)
ġē hæfdon (you had, pl.)
hīe/hī/hy/hēo hæfdon (they had) - What are the imperative singular and plural forms of "habban"?
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hafa (sg)
habbaƥ (pl) - What is a long-stemmed noun?
- A noun which has as its stem either a long vowel followed by a single consonant, OR a short vowel followed by two consonants.
- What is a short stemmed noun?
- A noun which has a short vowel followed by a single consonant.
- Which inflexions in which cases and genders drop away from long stemmed nouns?
- The -u inflexion drops away from the feminine singular nominative case, AND from the neuter singular nominative and accusative cases.
- What are the front vowel sounds?
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[i] - feet
[I] - fit
[e] - fate
[É›] - fetch
[æ] - fat - What are the front-middle vowel sounds?
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[ü] - FR. ruse
[ÊŠ] - FR. rue
[É™] - sofa - What are the back vowel sounds?
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[u] - fool
[ü] - full
[o] - foe
[É”] - awe
[a] - father - What is a "stop" when refering to consonant sounds?
- Consonant sounds in which the breath stream is momentarily stopped, then released.
- Which "stopped" consonants are voiced, and which are voiceless?
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Voiced: b, d, g
Voiceless: p, t, k/c - What is a fricative, when refering to consonant sounds?
- The speaker makes a narrow opening through which the breath is forced, causing friction in the process.
- Which fricative consonants are voiced, and which are voiceless?
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Voiced: v, th (either), z, zh (vision)
Voiceless: f, th (bath, thin), s, sh, h - What is an affricative, when refering to consonant sounds?
- A combination of sounds in which the first sound is a stop and the second is a fricative.
- Which affricative consonants are voiced, and which are voiceless?
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Voiced: j/g (gym, jam)
Voiceless: ch (church, chin) - What is a liquid, when refering to consonant sounds?
- A frictionless sound that flows around the tongue and presses against the alveolo-palatal area.
- Which liquid consonants are voiced, and which are voiceless?
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Voiced: l (love, look, level), r (ring, error).
No voiceless liquids. - What are semivowels when refering to consonant sounds?
- Represents two sounds: "w" as in weather and the [y] as in yes. Both are voiced.
- What are nasals when refering to consonant sounds?
- The velum lowers to allow the breath stream to pass through the nasal cavity as well as through the oral cavity.
- What are the three nasal consonant sounds?
- m, n, and ng (sing).
- When is "f" voiced in Old English, and what is the voiced sound?
- Voiced: when it appears between two vowels. The "f" becomes a "v".
- When is "g" pronounced as a "y" in Old English?
- When it appears next to or between two front vowels.
- When is "g" pronounced [ɣ]?
- When it appears between back vowels, it is a voiced velar fricative.
- When is "h" pronouned [ç] (as in nicht)?
- Medial sound after front vowels, but not between vowels.
- When is "h" pronouned [x] (as in loch)?
- After a back vowel or consonant
- When is "s" voiced in Old English, and what is that sound?
- Voiced: between vowels, or between a vowel and a voiced consonant. (z as in liaison)
- When is "ƥ" voiced in Old English, and what is that sound?
- Voiced: between vowels, or between a vowel and a voiced consonant. (TH as in either)
- List the masculine definite articles by case.
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Nom. = se
Acc. = ƥone
Gen. = ƥæs
Dat. = ƥǣm/ƥām
Ins. = ƥy/ƥon - List the feminine definite articles by case.
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Nom. = seo
Acc. = ƥā
Gen. = ƥǣre
Dat. = ƥǣre
Ins. = --- - List the neuter definite articles by case.
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Nom. = ƥæt
Acc. = ƥæt
Gen. = ƥæs
Dat. = ƥǣm/ƥām
Ins. = ƥy/ƥon - List the plural definite articles by case.
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Nom. = ƥā
Acc. = ƥā
Gen. = ƥāra/ƥǣra
Dat. = ƥǣm/ƥām
Ins. = --- - List the masculine demonstrative pronouns (this/these) by case:
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Nom. = ƥes
Acc. = ƥisne
Gen. = ƥisses
Dat. = ƥissum
Ins. = ƥys - List the feminine demonstrative pronouns (this/these) by case.
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Nom. = ƥēos
Acc. = Æ¥Äs
Gen. = ƥisse
Dat. = ƥisre
Ins. = --- - List the neuter demonstrative pronouns (this/these) by case:
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Nom. = ƥis
Acc. = ƥis
Gen. = ƥisses
Dat. = ƥissum
Ins. = ƥys - List the plural demonstrative pronouns (this/these) by case:
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Nom. = ƥās
Acc. = ƥās
Gen. = ƥisra
Dat. = ƥissum
Ins. = --- - List all the nominative case definite articles.
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masculine: se
feminine: sēo
neuter: ƥæt
plural: Æ¥Ä - List all the accusative case definite articles.
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masculine: ƥone
feminine: ƥā
neuter: ƥæt
plural: ƥā - List all the genitive definite articles.
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masculine: ƥæs
feminine: ƥæs
neuter: ƥǣre
plural: ƥāra/ƥǣra - List all the dative definite articles.
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masculine: ƥām/ƥǣm
feminine: ƥām/ƥǣm
neuter: ƥǣre
plural: ƥām/ƥǣm - List all the instrumental definite articles.
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masculine: ƥy/ƥon
neuter: ƥy/ƥon - List all of the nominative demonstrative articles (this/these).
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masculine: ƥes
feminine: ƥis
neuter: ƥēos
plural: Æ¥Äs - List all of the accusative demonstrative articles (this/these).
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masculine: ƥisne
feminine: ƥis
neuter: ƥās
plural: ƥās - List all of the genitive demonstrative articles (this/these).
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masculine: ƥisses
feminine: ƥisse/ƥisre
neuter: ƥisses
plural: ƥisra - List all of the dative demonstrative articles (this/these).
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masculine: ƥissum
feminine: ƥisse/ƥisre
neuter: ƥissum
plural: ƥissum - List all of the instrumental demonstrative articles (this/these).
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masculine: ƥys
neuter: ƥys