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The verb, past and perfect tenses (weak)

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The verbs in all Germanic languages can be divided into two major classes according to whether the past tense is formed by the addition of a suffix to the stem, e.g.

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Shetter, W.Z. (1977). The verb, past and perfect tenses (weak). In: Introduction to Dutch. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-5000-4_14

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