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Regular and irregular verbs

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533:. In studies of first language acquisition (where the aim is to establish how the human brain processes its native language), one debate among 20th-century linguists revolved around whether small children learn all verb forms as separate pieces of vocabulary or whether they deduce forms by the application of rules. Since a child can hear a regular verb for the first time and immediately reuse it correctly in a different conjugated form which he or she has never heard, it is clear that the brain does work with rules; but irregular verbs must be processed differently. A common error for small children is to conjugate irregular verbs as though they were regular, which is taken as evidence that we learn and process our native language partly by the application of rules, rather than, as some earlier scholarship had postulated, solely by learning the forms. In fact, children often use the most common irregular verbs correctly in their earliest utterances but then switch to incorrect regular forms for a time when they begin to operate systematically. That allows a fairly precise analysis of the phases of this aspect of first language acquisition. 544:
and formal learning, where rules such as verb paradigms are defined, and exceptions (such as irregular verbs) need to be listed and learned explicitly. The importance of irregular verbs is enhanced by the fact that they often include the most commonly used verbs in the language (including verbs such
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To some extent it may be a matter of convention or subjective preference to state whether a verb is regular or irregular. In English, for example, if a verb is allowed to have three principal parts specified (the bare infinitive, past tense and past participle), then the number of irregular verbs
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When languages are being compared informally, one of the few quantitative statistics which are sometimes cited is the number of irregular verbs. These counts are not particularly accurate for a wide variety of reasons, and academic linguists are reluctant to cite them. But it does seem that some
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sound. However their spelling deviates from the regular pattern: they are not spelt (spelled) "layed" and "payed" (although the latter form is used in some e.g. nautical contexts as "the sailor payed out the anchor chain"), but
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The past tense and past participle forms are the forms most commonly made in irregular fashion. About 200 verbs in normal use have irregularities in one or other (or usually both) of these forms. They may derive from
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the concept of irregular verbs is not so commonly referenced. Since most irregularities can be explained by processes of historical language development, these verbs are only irregular when viewed
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In some languages, however, verbs may be considered regular even if the specification of one of their forms is not sufficient to predict all of the rest; they have more than one principal part. In
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which cause differentiation within a single pattern, or through patterns with different derivations coming to be used for the same purpose. An example of the latter is provided by the strong and
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for details). Specification of all of these four forms for a given verb is sufficient to predict all of the other forms of that verb – except in a few cases, when the verb is irregular.
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rules about how those endings are pronounced, and certain rules of spelling (such as the doubling of certain consonants). Verbs which in any way deviate from these rules (there are
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follows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs. A verb whose conjugation follows a different pattern is called an
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For regular and irregular verbs in other languages, see the articles on the grammars of those languages. Particular articles include, for example:
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or one particular conjugated form), and a set of exact rules which produce, from that principal part, each of the remaining forms in the verb's
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come to make their inflected forms. The language may develop a number of different regular patterns, either as a result of conditional
1266: 815:, however, are commonly listed as irregular, despite being regular in pronunciation – their past forms have the anomalous spellings 1319: 1161: 946:, etc.). (The past participle often ends in "n", " d" or "ed".) The past and past participle forms change in spelling sometimes. 429:
will be drastically reduced (this is not the conventional approach, however). The situation is similar with the strong verbs in
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1207:(which can also function as an imperative). Other common verbs also have irregular present tense forms, namely 1104: 323:
The most straightforward type of regular verb conjugation pattern involves a single class of verbs, a single
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in a language is followed by a limited number of verbs, or if it requires the specification of more than one
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form) can be derived by way of consistent rules. These rules involve the addition of inflectional endings (
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Some grammatical information relating to specific verbs in various languages can also be found in
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For specially constructed "irregular verbs" that satirize uncharitably towards others, see
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The third person singular present tense is formed regularly, except in the case of the
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In linguistic analysis, the concept of regular and irregular verbs (and other types of
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The regularity and irregularity of verbs is affected by changes taking place by way of
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are irregular since some of their parts are not made according to the typical pattern:
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in English and its equivalents in other languages, which frequently have a variety of
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after certain letters) to the plain form. When the plain form ends with the letter
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The past tense and past participle are identical; they are formed with the ending
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are regular since they form their inflected parts by adding the typical endings
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forms and thus follow an exceptionally unpredictable pattern of conjugation.
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Some examples of common irregular verbs in English, other than modals, are:
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It is possible for a verb to be regular in pronunciation, but irregular in
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languages have a greater tolerance for paradigm irregularity than others.
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have arisen through the influence of existing strong or irregular verbs.)
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The irregular verbs of English are described and listed in the article
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The third person singular present tense is formed by adding the ending
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usually have a single regular pattern for all verbs (as well as other
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Welsh has five irregular verbs whose conjugations differ between
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A language may have more than one regular conjugation pattern.
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is to some extent a subjective matter. If some conjugational
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Regular and irregular verbs are also of significance in
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The present participle/gerund is formed regularly, in
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The rules for the formation of the inflected parts of
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such verbs in the language) are classed as irregular.
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For information specific to the English language, see
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Classification of verbs by regularity of inflection
826:The present participle/gerund is formed by adding 485:. This contrasts with fully regular verbs such as 64:. This is one instance of the distinction between 609:With the exception of the highly irregular verb 714:after a voiced consonant or vowel sound (as in 957:, such as the modals, which lack such a form). 229:Irregularities in verb conjugation (and other 1320: 8: 656:verbs are given in detail in the article on 493:, which have the regularly spelt past forms 874:(which has three present indicative forms: 1436: 1327: 1313: 1305: 1294:. curriculum solutions. pp. 343–344. 464:. Examples of this are the English verbs 252:, which was originally the past tense of 1195:"are", an optional irregular past tense 1244: 529:, and in particular in work related to 264:also has a number of suppletive forms ( 1179:has some irregular verbs, principally 190:When a language develops some type of 1223:(also shared by the present tense of 7: 678:following a consonant, this becomes 244:Irregularities may also arise from 111:. On the other hand, verbs such as 660:. In summary they are as follows: 437:verbs" (those that conjugate like 25: 1203:), and a unique subjunctive form 1083:(for verbs in Modern Greek, see 914:(pronounced with a short vowel, 906:(pronounced with a short vowel, 844:(for a more extensive list, see 523:regular and irregular inflection 66:regular and irregular inflection 846:List of English irregular verbs 154:The classification of verbs as 1199:"was/were" (alongside regular 553:in English, their equivalents 1: 1259:: The Ingredients of Language 456:Irregularity in spelling only 75:, for example, verbs such as 301:irregular English verb forms 280:in Indo-European languages. 682:. The ending is pronounced 641:form that serves as both a 619:), a third person singular 538:second language acquisition 231:inflectional irregularities 151:(not "haves" and "haved"). 2204: 2162:Syntax–semantics interface 1187:"is" (instead of expected 898:, which produce the forms 40: 29: 1101:Japanese verb conjugation 864:, etc.) which do not add 848:). 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Index

Regular verb
English verbs
English irregular verbs
Emotive conjugation
verb
conjugation
regular and irregular inflection
English
past tense
past participle
paradigm
principal part
German strong verbs
synchronic
historical linguistic
inflection
conjugation
class
sound changes
weak
Germanic languages
ablaut
Proto-Indo-European
dental
inflectional irregularities
suppletion
copular verbs
analogy
irregular English verb forms
principal part

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