Question

what is difference between modern and old english

Answer 1

Verbs generally all had an -an ending in the infinitive form  In Anglo-Saxon, strong verbs have vowels in the stem of the word changed  A number of strong verbs remain in Modern English. Eg: sing → sang → sung  7 classes of strong verbs, sorted by stem vowel, conjugated into three tenses, as well as the infinitive formInfinitive Past Singular Past Plural Past Participlewrítan (to write) wrát writon writensnípan (to cut) snáþ snidon sniden6.  Weak verbs had 3 classes and 2 forms plus the infinitive  Weak vowels add -d or -t suffixes for tense change.  ‘-d’ in Modern English can now be a marker of a regular verbInfinitive Past Tense Past Participledéman (to judge) démde démedhíeran (to hear) híerde híered7.  In Modern English our verbs agree with subject in number › I like, she likes, they like As well as infinitive, there are four forms verbs can be inflected to make Infinitive Present Present Past Past Participle Participle To like Like Liking Liked Liked8.  Anglo-Saxon used many more inflected forms of nouns, pronouns and adjectives with suffixes showing number, gender and case (nominative, accusative, etc.) Barely occurs in Modern English except for the plural ‘s’ and the different forms of pronouns9.  Single Masc. Neut. Fem. N* blæc (black) blæc blacu G blaces blaces blæcre D blacum blacum blæcre A blæcne blæc blace I blace blace - Plural N blace blacu blaca G blacra blacra blacra D blacum blacum blacum A blace blacu blaca10. Function Singular Plural 1st PersonSubject I WeObject Me UsPossessor My/mine Our(s) 2nd PersonSubject/Object You YouPossessor Your(s) Your(s) 3rd PersonSubject He, she, it TheyObject Him, her, it ThemPossessor His, her(s), its Their(s)