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  2. Consonant mutation - Wikipedia

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    Applied to verbs starting with a vowel, the nasal is realized as ng ([ŋ]). Monosyllabic verbs add an epenthetic vowel before prefixing and produce the prefix menge-: bor (= boring tool / drill) → mengebor (= to make a hole with drill). Verbs starting with a nasal or approximant consonant do not add any mutant nasal, only me-. [9]

  3. Inuit grammar - Wikipedia

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    For action verbs, it indicates that the action has recently been completed, mixing tense and aspect. Inuktitut verbs are divided into state verbs and action verbs. However, the distinction may not match how non-Inuktitut speakers would categorise verbs. For example, the verb root pisuk-, meaning "to be walking" – is a state verb in Inuktitut.

  4. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or ...

  5. Verb - Wikipedia

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    A verb (from Latin verbum 'word') is part of speech that in syntax generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive.

  6. Sotho verbs - Wikipedia

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    In isiZulu the forms are very predictable, with suffixes of the form aCa generally changing to eCe (aCa + ile ⇒; aiCe ⇒; eCe). ^ The fact that this is indeed the simple copulative (and not just a prefix that happens to be allomorphic with it) is evidenced by looking at these verbs in a language such as isiZulu where the simple copulative is much more complicated and yet coincides perfectly ...

  7. List of English auxiliary verbs - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English auxiliary verbs, i.e. helping verbs, which include Modal verbs and Semi-modal verbs. See also auxiliary verbs, light verbs, ...

  8. College football award winners: Full list of winners for 2024 ...

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    Winner: C Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State. Shaun Alexander Award (freshman of the year) Judged by Maxwell Club. Winner: TBA. Ted Hendricks Award (top defensive end) Winner: TBA.

  9. List of English irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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    The irregular form tends to indicate duration, whereas the regular form often describes a short-term action (The fire burned for weeks. vs. He burnt his finger.), and in American English, the regular form is associated with the literal sense of a verb, while the irregular form with a figurative one.