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All Germanic languages have two main types of verbs: regular ("weak") verbs and irregular ("strong") verbs. In StE regular verbs form their past tense and past participle with the ending -(e)d, as in fill (to fill in a form) ~ filled (I filled it in yesterday) ~ filled (it has been filled in with a red pen). Irregular verbs, however, are not formed with -(e)d, but in various other ways. Very often the vowel changes, as in tell (to tell a story) ~ told (I told him a story) ~ told (that story has been told already). However, exactly which verbs will be regular and which will be irregular can differ between languages.

Like all Germanic languages, Shaetlan also has both regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs are formed with either -(e)d or - (i)t:

owse 'bale out, empty' (tae owse oot o da essibag 'to empty out from the bin bag') ~ owsed (I owsed him oot dastreen 'I emptied it out last night') ~ owsed (A'm jüst owsed oot o him 'I've just emptied out from it')

tell 'say, tell' (tae tell a story) ~ tellt (He tellt me dastreen 'he told me last night') ~ tellt (A'm jüst been tellt 'I've just been told').

Irregular verbs are formed in other ways, and, like with other Germanic languages, often the vowel changes:

jimp 'jump' (tae jimp ower a fence) ~ jamp (we jamp ower da fence dastreen) ~ juppen (we'r jüst juppen ower da fence)

The regular/irregular verbs do not completely overlap between Shetland and StE. Neither system is more "correct" that the other or than the system of any other Germanic language. They are simply different systems.