past-participial

— The book would have taken on added value if the compiler had pointed out the prevailing dialect difference of the York County area, […] especially the peculiar behavior of the past-participial “ge,” for ex., its contraction as in “gwesche,” “gwockse,” or its disappearance as in “Mier hen schpielt,” or its change before “s” as in “Er hot zawt (g’saat), “Er iss zuffe (g’soffe).