Introduction to Sambahsa-3: Lesson 13

We have said that verbs in "a" + consonant have an optional ablaut in the preterit, which is a ie. Let’s translate He kept quiet = He remained quiet. To remain is reman in Sambahsa, and quiet is sakwn. w is pronounced IPA u in Sambahsa between two consonants but is never stressed.

?He remained quiet.|Is remien sakwn.

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