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*Past: PIE reduplicated perfect or root aorist | *Past: PIE reduplicated perfect or root aorist | ||
*Irrealis (source of the English subjunctive ''were''): sigmatic future. | *Irrealis (source of the English subjunctive ''were''): sigmatic future. | ||
*Stative (the source of the English past): a tenseless form like the Akkadian stative. Originally a deverbal noun; formed with the o-grade (deriving nouns in PIE) for strongs, -d from -tús for weaks, (i)-ə from -ih2 for semistrongs. It was not a true finite verb form so it didn't take ''- | *Stative (the source of the English past): a tenseless form like the Akkadian stative. Originally a deverbal noun; formed with the o-grade (deriving nouns in PIE) for strongs, -d from -tús for weaks, (i)-ə from -ih2 for semistrongs. It was not a true finite verb form so it didn't take ''-se''. | ||
*Active participle: -ənt | *Active participle: -ənt | ||
**''-ənt-qhe'' became the present progressive ''-ing'' in English. | **''-ənt-qhe'' became the present progressive ''-ing'' in English. | ||