| 21. | In the present tense, they use the " preterite " endings of the strong verbs.
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| 22. | As in all Germanic languages, strong verbs change their vowel sounds in the various tenses.
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| 23. | Germanic strong verbs are commonly divided into 7 classes, based on the type of vowel alternation.
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| 24. | Strong verbs are less common in Dutch, but they include many of the most common verbs.
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| 25. | In Proto-Germanic, the common ancestor of the Germanic languages, the strong verbs were still mostly regular.
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| 26. | Most mixed verbs are originally strong verbs that have replaced some strong forms with weak forms.
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| 27. | The rest are strong verbs and weak verbs.
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| 28. | The sentence needs a strong verb, I suggest.
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| 29. | :: : I do not think that " cut " is a case of a strong verb.
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| 30. | Strong verbs receive an umlaut in present tense third person singular and all persons in past tense.
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