Folksprak/Grammar/Verbs

Verbs
There is only one irregular verb in Folksprak: wese. Its present-tense form is er and its past-tense form is was, and its past participle is wesen. Folksprak verbs do not change according to person and number.


 * De hus er grot. (The house is big.)
 * De husen er grot. (The houses are big.)

Past tense
Verbs end in -ed in the past tense.


 * De mannen sejed de hund. (The men saw the dog.)
 * De fyr brenned. (The fire burned.)

Passive and Present Perfect
The past participle ends in -ed.


 * de sejed hund (the seen dog)
 * de segged word (the spoken word)

In combination with the verb werde the passive mode is made.


 * De dir werd sejed. (The animal is being seen.)
 * De word werd segged. (The word is being spoken.)

In combination with the verb have the present perfect tense is made.


 * De kild hav sejed de hund. (The child has seen the dog.)
 * De mannen hav segged „god dag“. (The men have said „good afternoon“.)

Progressive
The progressive form has the suffix -end.


 * de swimmend shipp (the swimming ship)

Infinite
The infinite has the suffix -e.


 * swimme (to swim)

Future tense
In combination with the verb shølle the future tense is made.


 * De kild shall seje de hund. (The child will see the dog.)
 * De mannen shall segge „god dag“. (The men will say „good afternoon“.)

Modal Auxilary Verbs
Modal auxiliary verbs appear directly combined, i. e. without preposition, with an infinite form.


 * Hun mag doe het. (She may do it.)

Modal auxiliary verbs have the stem vowel ø, y or i in the infinitive form. Their past-tense stem vowel is o, u or i. (The present-tense stem vowel is irregular.)


 * kønne (kann), konned (can)
 * kynne (konn), kynned (know (sb./sth.))
 * møge (mag), moged (may)
 * møte (mot), moted (must)
 * shølle (shall), sholled (will)
 * shylle (sholl), shulled (would)
 * shille (shull), shilled (to be supposed to)
 * tørfe (tarf), torfed (to be allowed to)
 * wite (wet), wited (to know)
 * wølle (will), wolled (to want)

Imperative
The imperative form is like the infinite without -e.


 * Gæ! (Go!)
 * Wes so god. (Please.)