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Verb tenses were relatively complex, but the original PIE personal affixes were lost. | Verb tenses were relatively complex, but the original PIE personal affixes were lost. | ||
When the subject was nominal singular, "he", "she" or "it", the suffix ''-se'' (from PIE *swe) was required for verbal agreement. The 2sg and 3sg distal pronouns are number neutral so they didn't take ''-se''. | |||
The different forms were: | |||
*Imperative (source of English imperative and subjunctive): non-past without any endings | *Imperative (source of English imperative and subjunctive): non-past without any endings | ||
*Nonpast (the source of the English present): e-grade or otherwise the unmarked form of the verb | *Nonpast (the source of the English present): e-grade or otherwise the unmarked form of the verb | ||