Elementary Lessons in Historical English Grammar: Containing Accidence and Word Formation. Rev. by Henry BradleyMacmillan, 1898 - 256 Seiten |
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adjectives adverbs alphabet became become blind-e century we find CHAUCER compounds conjugation consonants Cursor Cursor Mundi dative declension denote Dentals derived ending expressed feminine fourteenth century gender genitive German GRAMMAR Greek Grimm's Law guttural indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD Indo-European language infinitive inflexions Labials late Latin letters M.E. we find Masc masculine Middle English modern English Modern French Neut neuter Norman-French Northern dialects nouns O.E. Plays O.Fr occurs Old English older oldest English original passive participle PAST PASS past tense period person Piers Plowman Plur prefix preposition Pres Present Tense pronouns replaced represented root Scandinavian scip-e Shakespeare Sing singular sixteenth century sometimes sounds Spenser spirants spoken strong verbs subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive suffix syllable thai thirteenth century thou thú verbal Verner's Law voiced stops vowel vowel change weak verbs words وو