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Middle Englsih158-163
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Adjectives : comparative and superlative forms
- In the general leveling to e of unstressed vowels, the Old English comparative ending -re , later -er , and the superlative suffixes -ost and -est fell together as -est.- for example : swēte , swetter , swettest .
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Verbs :- Verbs continued to conform to the Germanic division into strong and weak.- In strong verbs of the first class , the vowelgradation ( rīde , rōd , riden , ride )Examples of the other classes :2. crēpen , crēp , crupen , crōpen.3.helpen , halp , hulpen , holpen.4.tēren , tar tēren , toren.5.mēten , mat , mēten , mēten.
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6. fāren , fōr , fōren , fāren.7. fallen , fēl , fēlen , fallen.
- there were far more weak verbs than strongverbs. Consequently, the weak-ed ending forpresent and past participial came to be usedwith many originally strong verbs.
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The Personal Endings : - ( find , found , found )- In Old English :An example : findan , foundon , funden .- In Middle English :An example : finden , founden , founden .- the verbs been “ to be “ ( OE bēon ),
doon “ to do “ ( OE dōn ) remained highlyirregular in Middle English.
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Participles :- the endings of the present participle varied from
dialect to dialect .
Word Order :- the prose of the Middle English period has much
the same word as Modern English prose.sometime a pronoun as object might precede theverb.
- In subordinate clauses nouns used as objectsmight also precede verbs .
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thank you :الطلاب عمل
حمد1.م
هري .الش
ر 2. حي معت .الراج
حمد3.م
و ب اة ا .عب
دالرحمن 4. هري عب .الش
وق سعود5. .الرز
ازي 6.اي مش .الهر