41. Arguably, all seven classes of strong verbs are represented in Gothic by at least one preterite -present verb. 42. Classes i through v tend to co-occur with preterite classes I through V, although there are many exceptions. 43. Indo-European languages formerly used reduplication to form a number of verb forms, especially in the preterite or perfect. 44. The St . Ouennais origins of Sercquiais can be seen in the 2nd and 3rd person plural forms of the preterite . 45. The primary forms are a plain present, a third person singular present, and a preterite ( past ) form. 46. This is the easiest way to distinguish preterite forms of " wi % % en " from present tense forms. 47. Note that most of these so-called preterite forms are most often used in the subjunctive mood in the present tense. 48. The first example, being the preterite , refers only to actions completed once in the remote past, or distant past. 49. The future and conditional tenses ( and in some irregular verbs, the preterite ) make a distinction between eclipsis to after ). 50. Preterite -present verbs are primary verbs in which the PIE present was lost, and the perfect was given a present meaning.
