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offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-05-14 14:06 [#01898684]
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i'm making a computer-based model of the system of verbs in
german.

I need to know is there any pattern which weak verbs follow,
regarding the change of vowels, when they are changed into
past participles?

ie:

nennen -> genannt

kennen -> gekannt

but:
decken -> gedeckt

does it rely on the "en" in "nennen" and "kennen"? i'm sure
there are other situations in which it arises, but i can't
think of them. any help would be much appreciated.


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2006-05-14 14:32 [#01898689]
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checking

 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2006-05-14 14:37 [#01898691]
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brennen - gebrannt

rennen - gerannt

but there IS actually one eception:

trennen - getrennt

i was sure until the last one that there is a pattern for it
but the last one seems to break it... i'm sorry



 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-05-14 14:46 [#01898693]
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thanks very much.. i think i may just end up leaving out
these cases since they're so difficult to describe with
rules


 

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