Extra Credit – Structure of Words (LING 350)

Optional extra credit quiz. Earn up to 5 bonus points on your overall grade in the class! Submit by 11:59pm on 22 December.

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Answer the following questions based on the below table, which shows verb conjugations in Old English.

1. Based on the above table, what would the 3SG.PRES form of bītan be?

Don't worry about the accent over the i.

2. Based on the above table, what would the 2SG.PRES form of bindan be?

3. Based on the above table, what would the infinitive form of the verb meaning 'to bid' be?

Remember, the infinitive is the verb form in the top row. Don't worry about the accent over the e.

4. How many Old English lexemes are shown in the above table?

5. According to the above table, bītest would mean:

I bite

You bite

He/she/it bites

You bit

We have bitten

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