The sixth strong conjugation comprises verbs whose roots end in at most a single consonant. The resulting ablaut pattern characterizing the sixth strong conjugation in Gothic thus becomes the following.
Class VI Ablaut Pattern
Class
|
Present
|
Past Sg.
|
Past Pl.
|
Past Part.
|
VI
|
a
|
ó
|
ó
|
a
|
The verb sakan 'rebuke', with prinicpal parts saka -- sōk -- sōkum -- sakans, serves to illustrate the forms of the sixth conjugation. The forms are as follows.
Class VI
|
Active
|
Mediopassive
|
| |
Indicative |
Subjunctive |
Imperative |
Indicative |
Subjunctive |
| Present |
|
1 Sg.
2
3
|
saka
sakis
sakiþ
|
sakáu
sakáis
sakái
|
sak
sakadáu
|
sakada
sakaza
sakada
|
sakáidáu
sakáizáu
sakáidáu
|
|
1 Du.
2
|
sakos
sakats
|
sakáiwa
sakáits
|
sakats
|
|
|
|
1 Pl.
2
3
|
sakam
sakiþ
sakand
|
sakáima
sakáiþ
sakáina
|
sakam
sakiþ
sakandáu
|
sakanda
sakanda
sakanda
|
sakáindáu
sakáindáu
sakáindáu
|
| Past |
|
1 Sg.
2
3
|
sók
sókt
sók
|
sókjáu
sókeis
sóki
|
|
|
|
|
1 Du.
2
|
sóku
sókuts
|
sókeiwa
sókeits
|
|
|
|
|
1 Pl.
2
3
|
sókum
sókuþ
sókun
|
sókeima
sókeiþ
sókeina
|
|
|
|
Infinitive
|
sakan
|
|
|
|
|
Pres. Part.
|
sakands
|
|
|
|
|
Past Part.
|
|
|
|
sakans
|
|
See these charts for other illustrations of this conjugation.
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/gotol-7-X.html#Got07_GP32
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