Twents
Facts
- Language: Twents
- Alternate names: Twente, Tweants
- Language code: twd
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, North Sea Germanic, Altsächsisch, Middle-Modern Low German, Low German, West Low German, Westphalic
- Number of speakers: ?
- Script: Latin
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Introduction
Twents is spoken by approximately 62% of the population of Twente, a region in the Dutch province of Overijssel bordering on Germany. Its speakers also refer to Twents as plat or simply dialect.
The verb
Twents distinguishes between strong and weak verbs. Strong verbs receive an umlaut in present tense third person singular and all persons in past tense. In weak verbs, the third person singular is formed like the second person singular in present tense, and in past tense is formed by adding a -te to the verb stem.
Sample verb: loop'n 'to walk'
| Present | Past | ||
| Sg.1 | ik | lope | leupe |
| Sg.2 | lej | loopt | leupn |
| Sg.3 | hee/zee | löp | leupt |
| Pl.1 | wie | loopt | leupn |
| Pl.2 | ieleu | ||
| Pl.3 | zee | ||