Like the title says, forgive me for taking a small break between writing posts. This weekend was a little…hectic and trying. However, that did not stop me from working on the language here and there. And so now I present to you the fruits of my labor in the off days:

Weak verbs in Notragothic have undergone a reduction of unique forms. The most obvious challenge to learning these verb forms would be the fact that certain verbs may change their final consonant because of phonological processes that cause a sound to be palatalized and then de-palatalized (this series is the reason for the cluster [ti] > [tsi] > [si]). With this table, however, we can form a variety of sentences.

Present:

Ik reena miine maje.

[ik re:nə mi:nə majə]

“I clean / am cleaning my apartment.“

Future:

Reenis-u su so avto?

[re:nisu su sə autə]

“Are you cleaning the car?

Optative:

Reenina sik!

[re:ninə sik]

“May they clean themselves!”

Subjunctive:

Is reenis so bläve maje.

[is re:nis sə blævə majə]

“He might have cleaned the blue house”

To finish up, how about a selection of weak verbs?

vamman – to wash

gatanzan – to brand, sear

reenan – to wash, clean

gamoosan – to encounter, come across

foolan – to feel

gevnan – to flatten

lesan – to learn

ivnan – to make even, balance

moosan – to meet

rezan – to organize, arrange

sanzan – to send

muldsugan – to vacuum

melan – to write

fisan – to fish