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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alternāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
alternar (first-person singular present alterno, first-person singular preterite alterní, past participle alternat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- to alternate
Conjugation
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Latin alternō.
Verb
alternar (first-person singular present alterno, first-person singular preterite alternei, past participle alternado)
- to alternate
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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alternar
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Personal
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alternar
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alternares
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alternar
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alternarmos
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alternardes
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alternarem
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Gerund
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alternando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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alternado
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alternados
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Feminine
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alternada
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alternadas
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Indicative
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Present
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alterno
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alternas
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alterna
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alternamos
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alternades, alternais
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alternam
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Imperfect
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alternava
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alternavas
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alternava
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alternávamos
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alternávades, alternáveis, alternávais1
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alternavam
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Preterite
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alternei
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alternaste, alternache1
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alternou
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alternamos
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alternastes
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alternárom, alternaram
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Pluperfect
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alternara
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alternaras
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alternara
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alternáramos
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alternárades, alternáreis, alternárais1
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alternaram
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Future
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alternarei
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alternarás
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alternará
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alternaremos
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alternaredes, alternareis
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alternarám, alternarão
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Conditional
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alternaria
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alternarias
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alternaria
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alternaríamos
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alternaríades, alternaríeis, alternaríais1
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alternariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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alterne
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alternes
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alterne
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alternemos
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alternedes, alterneis
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alternem
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Imperfect
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alternasse
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alternasses
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alternasse
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alternássemos
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alternássedes, alternásseis
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alternassem
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Future
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alternar
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alternares
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alternar
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alternarmos
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alternardes
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alternarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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alterna
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alterne
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alternemos
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alternade, alternai
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alternem
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Negative (nom)
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nom alternes
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nom alterne
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nom alternemos
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nom alternedes, nom alterneis
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nom alternem
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Further reading
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin alternō.
Verb
alternar
- (transitive, intransitive) to alternate
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alternāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
alternar (first-person singular present alterno, first-person singular preterite alternei, past participle alternado)
- (transitive) to alternate (to perform by turns, or in succession)
- (intransitive) to alternate (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alternāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alteɾˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: al‧ter‧nar
Verb
alternar (first-person singular present alterno, first-person singular preterite alterné, past participle alternado)
- to alternate
- to interact, communicate, hang out, socialize
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of alternar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive alternar
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dative
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alternarme
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alternarte
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alternarle, alternarse
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alternarnos
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alternaros
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alternarles, alternarse
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accusative
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alternarme
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alternarte
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alternarlo, alternarla, alternarse
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alternarnos
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alternaros
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alternarlos, alternarlas, alternarse
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with gerund alternando
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dative
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alternándome
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alternándote
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alternándole, alternándose
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alternándonos
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alternándoos
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alternándoles, alternándose
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accusative
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alternándome
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alternándote
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alternándolo, alternándola, alternándose
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alternándonos
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alternándoos
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alternándolos, alternándolas, alternándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative alterna
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dative
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altérname
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altérnate
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altérnale
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altérnanos
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not used
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altérnales
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accusative
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altérname
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altérnate
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altérnalo, altérnala
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altérnanos
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not used
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altérnalos, altérnalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative alterná
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dative
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altername
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alternate
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alternale
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alternanos
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not used
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alternales
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accusative
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altername
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alternate
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alternalo, alternala
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alternanos
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not used
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alternalos, alternalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative alterne
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dative
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altérneme
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not used
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altérnele, altérnese
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altérnenos
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not used
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altérneles
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accusative
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altérneme
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not used
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altérnelo, altérnela, altérnese
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altérnenos
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not used
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altérnelos, altérnelas
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with first-person plural imperative alternemos
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dative
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not used
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alternémoste
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alternémosle
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alternémonos
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alternémoos
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alternémosles
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accusative
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not used
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alternémoste
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alternémoslo, alternémosla
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alternémonos
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alternémoos
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alternémoslos, alternémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative alternad
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dative
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alternadme
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not used
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alternadle
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alternadnos
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alternaos
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alternadles
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accusative
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alternadme
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not used
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alternadlo, alternadla
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alternadnos
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alternaos
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alternadlos, alternadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative alternen
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dative
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altérnenme
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not used
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altérnenle
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altérnennos
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not used
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altérnenles, altérnense
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accusative
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altérnenme
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not used
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altérnenlo, altérnenla
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altérnennos
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not used
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altérnenlos, altérnenlas, altérnense
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Derived terms
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