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regular verb
- A verb that follows standard patterns in its inflection . The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding an -ed ending: walk, walk ed ; shout, shout ed . ( Compare irregular verb .)
Example Sentences
Certain verbs with vowel stems, as τιμά-ω, φιλέ-ω, δηλό-ω, by contraction with initial vowels in the personal endings assume forms not found in the regular verb paradigms.
Finding that truffle among words, a truly regular verb that pulls no tricks in the past perfect tense and behaves in the preterit as a preterit should, is a moment of sublime pleasure -- provided that one can remember how regular verbs are conjugated.
Yet as the participle do is never found prefixed to the Future Negative of any regular verb, it appears more agreeable to the analogy of conjugation to write this tense in its simplest form t�id.
It is not necessary to give anything more than the inflected verbs here, for the impersonal and auxiliary tenses can easily be worked out from these on the model of the regular verb.
The following is a complete paradigm of a regular verb, showing the various forms.
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