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Meaning of -t | Babel Free

Phrase feminine CEFR A2
t

Definitions

  1. forms nouns from adjectives: -th, -ness
    feminine, morpheme
  2. used to form the second-person plural present and imperative of all verbs (except those with a stem in -d or -t, see usage note)
    morpheme
  3. used to form the third-person singular present of all regular and some irregular verbs
    morpheme
  4. used to form the past participle of all regular and some irregular verbs (often with the prefix ge-, see there)
    morpheme
  5. used to form the first-person singular, third-person singular, and second-person plural past tense and past subjunctive of some irregular verbs
    morpheme

Examples

“déif (“deep”) + -t → Déift (“depth”)”
“stëll (“still, quiet”) + -t → Stëllt (“stillness, quietness”)”
“laachen (“to laugh”) + -t → dir laacht (“you [lot] laugh”)”
“laachen (“to laugh”) + -t → hie laacht (“he laughs”)”
“laachen (“to laugh”) + -t → gelaacht (“laughed”)”
“mussen (“must, to have to”) + -t → ech musst (“I had to”)”
“mussen (“must, to have to”) + -t → ech misst (“I would have to”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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