CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DIPHTHONGIZE
PRESENT
Present
I diphthongize
you diphthongize
he/she/it diphthongizes
we diphthongize
you diphthongize
they diphthongize
Present continuous
I am diphthongizing
you are diphthongizing
he/she/it is diphthongizing
we are diphthongizing
you are diphthongizing
they are diphthongizing
Present perfect
I have diphthongized
you have diphthongized
he/she/it has diphthongized
we have diphthongized
you have diphthongized
they have diphthongized
Present perfect continuous
I have been diphthongizing
you have been diphthongizing
he/she/it has been diphthongizing
we have been diphthongizing
you have been diphthongizing
they have been diphthongizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I diphthongized
you diphthongized
he/she/it diphthongized
we diphthongized
you diphthongized
they diphthongized
Past continuous
I was diphthongizing
you were diphthongizing
he/she/it was diphthongizing
we were diphthongizing
you were diphthongizing
they were diphthongizing
Past perfect
I had diphthongized
you had diphthongized
he/she/it had diphthongized
we had diphthongized
you had diphthongized
they had diphthongized
Past perfect continuous
I had been diphthongizing
you had been diphthongizing
he/she/it had been diphthongizing
we had been diphthongizing
you had been diphthongizing
they had been diphthongizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will diphthongize
you will diphthongize
he/she/it will diphthongize
we will diphthongize
you will diphthongize
they will diphthongize
Future continuous
I will be diphthongizing
you will be diphthongizing
he/she/it will be diphthongizing
we will be diphthongizing
you will be diphthongizing
they will be diphthongizing
Future perfect
I will have diphthongized
you will have diphthongized
he/she/it will have diphthongized
we will have diphthongized
you will have diphthongized
they will have diphthongized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been diphthongizing
you will have been diphthongizing
he/she/it will have been diphthongizing
we will have been diphthongizing
you will have been diphthongizing
they will have been diphthongizing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would diphthongize
you would diphthongize
he/she/it would diphthongize
we would diphthongize
you would diphthongize
they would diphthongize
Conditional continuous
I would be diphthongizing
you would be diphthongizing
he/she/it would be diphthongizing
we would be diphthongizing
you would be diphthongizing
they would be diphthongizing
Conditional perfect
I would have diphthongize
you would have diphthongize
he/she/it would have diphthongize
we would have diphthongize
you would have diphthongize
they would have diphthongize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been diphthongizing
you would have been diphthongizing
he/she/it would have been diphthongizing
we would have been diphthongizing
you would have been diphthongizing
they would have been diphthongizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you diphthongize
we let´s diphthongize
you diphthongize
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to diphthongize
Past participle
diphthongized
Present Participle
diphthongizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIPHTHONGIZE»
Discover the use of
diphthongize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
diphthongize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Dialectology: In Honour of Peter Trudgill
Such speakers cannot simply diphthongize (ay) in situ, since that would interfere
with the well-established lowered and retracted onset of (ey). The solution,
therefore, is to diphthongize in the same place where the surrounding NCCS
speech ...
David Britain, Jenny Cheshire, 2003
2
From Latin to Spanish: Historical phonology and morphology ...
The twelfth century diphthongization in Walloon in which both atonic and tonic
vowels diphthongize is a notable example (Delbouille 1966, 25, note 8). 24
Ferguson (1976, chap. 7) supports Schurr but claims to 122 LLOYD: FROM
LATIN TO ...
3
Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar
First and foremost this applies to the tendency of many Hollanders to slightly
diphthongize—more than is otherwise considered acceptable in ABN—the long
vowels ee and oo as in weten and brood. Compared with the quite pure long 'eh'
and ...
4
A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Hlai
There is also one unique example of a high vowel which failed to diphthongize at
all (58a), another example in which the high vowel failed to diphthongize in the
majority of languages (58b), and one in which it failed to diphthongize in Qi ...
5
Pronouncing English: A Stress-based Approach, with CD-Rom
DIPHTHONGIZATION: For /i e o u/, tenseness is reinforced by a tendency to
DIPHTHONGIZE the articulation slightly, so that the tongue glides upward a bit.
For the high vowels /i/ and /u/, this means gliding up a little higher toward the /j/ of
yes ...
Richard V. Teschner, Melvin Stanley Whitley, 2004
6
English - Esperanto - English Dictionary
Do not centralize it and make it like i in thin. Do not diphthongize it. e is a mid
front unrounded vowel, like English e in get. Do not diphthongize it like a in cake (
although some regional versions of a in cake may be quite suitable for Esperanto
...
7
The Phonology of Italian, Spanish, and French
Thus, it is very probable that the V.L.F. [a] did not diphthongize in accordance
with the suggested development of V.L.F. tonic free [a] before an oral consonant.
Cf. Fr. 83- This failure to diphthongize is in accordance with our generality Fr.
Gen.
Harry Austin Deferrari, 1954
Diphthongizations The long mid vowels /eː/, /ɛː/ and /ɔː/ diphthongize to /uɨ
/, /oɨ/ and /au/ in early Welsh (sixth to eighth century (Jackson 1953: 293–6,
SimsWilliams 1991: 47–9)). Diphthongization of the front vowels /eː/ and /ɛː/ ...
Martin Ball, Nicole Muller, 2009
9
North American Icelandic: The Life of a Language
Also included in this group are those who suspiciously diphthongize these
particular vowels. It is common knowledge among phoneticians that for many
speakers long vowels in Icelandic tend to diphthongize. It is not always possible
to ...
Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, 2006
10
Phonological Theory and the Dialects of Italy
This is the case of lax mid vowels in Italian, for example, which diphthongize in
this position, whereas all other vowels lengthen: [V£ngo]/['vjene] 'I come/he
comes' vs. ['kre:do], fdi:ko], [Tu:mo]. This is also the case in the other northern
Italian ...
