
Episode 8: Indo-European Grammar (Where have all the inflexions gone?)
The History of English Podcast
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Modern English Has Simplified Verb Conjugation
In the original ind european language, and many modern european languages, each of the examples i just gave would have had a different ending. In addition to singular and plural, the original in te europeanlanguage had a completely separate, dual sense for actions taken by two things. This dual sense had altogether separate, inflexive endings. And i conjugation is difficult in english. But again, this is how english has actually become more simplified through the years. As its dropped or simplified its inflexIVE endings.
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