Old English (500-1100 AD)
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…nce. The dual is rather different. We have to wonder why it was distinguished. To our minds, a difference between "we" and "we two" seems quite unnecessary. But there it was. Verbs Old English verbs had endings that depended upon the tense and subject of the verb. Like everything else, it could get pretty hairy. Strong verbs followed pretty regular rules. These are the "easier" verbs to conjugate. There were 7 classes of strong verbs.
…nce. The dual is rather different. We have to wonder why it was distinguished. To our minds, a difference between "we" and "we two" seems quite unnecessary. But there it was. Verbs Old English verbs had endings that depended upon the tense and subject of the verb. Like everything else, it could get pretty hairy. Strong verbs followed pretty regular rules. These are the "easier" verbs to conjugate. There were 7 classes of strong verbs.
