A
weak verb, especially in
Germanic languages, is one which forms its
past tenses by the addition of a
suffix to the
present tense stem. Examples:
English:
stop -> stopped
walk -> walked
Swedish:
sy -> sydde (To sew)
skratta -> skrattade (To laugh)
The closest thing
Latin has to weak verbs are verbs of the first and second
conjugations, and a majority of fourth conjugation, which experience a
change of ending, but no
vowel change in the
stem.
Oppose
strong verb.