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Most Carpathian verbs have three or four distinct basic stems, i.e. the stems of the imperfective, the aorist, the perfect and the infinitive. All forms of the verb were based on those stems: “sit” — ''sēdē-'' (infinitive and aorist), ''sēdi-'' (imperfective) and ''sōd-'' (perfect); “remain” — ''lik-'' (infinitive), ''leik-'' (present), ''likā-'' (aorist) ''laik-'' (perfect). | Most Carpathian verbs have three or four distinct basic stems, i.e. the stems of the imperfective, the aorist, the perfect and the infinitive. All forms of the verb were based on those stems: “sit” — ''sēdē-'' (infinitive and aorist), ''sēdi-'' (imperfective) and ''sōd-'' (perfect); “remain” — ''lik-'' (infinitive), ''leik-'' (present), ''likā-'' (aorist) ''laik-'' (perfect). | ||
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Carpathian has two different categories of verbs, based on their present tense personal endings: '''athematic''' and '''thematic''', the latter category being much larger and still productive, consisting of every class of verbs but one. The subject endings of the two categories (for the M-type accent paradigm) are: | Carpathian has two different categories of verbs, based on their present tense personal endings: '''athematic''' and '''thematic''', the latter category being much larger and still productive, consisting of every class of verbs but one. The subject endings of the two categories (for the M-type accent paradigm) are: | ||