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Bźatga: Difference between revisions
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* Past relative: ''jaća'' | * Past relative: ''jaća'' | ||
There is no verbal noun and no verbal adjectives. Neither ''es'' nor ''jat'' take take the usual final ''-e'' unless to represent the 3rd person singular pronoun, e.g. '' | There is no verbal noun and no verbal adjectives. Neither ''es'' nor ''jat'' take take the usual final ''-e'' unless to represent the 3rd person singular pronoun, e.g. ''breća ese'' "she is beautiful" but ''źinezda breća es'' "the queen is beautiful". | ||
The substantive verb denotes existence and may be used alone (e.g. ''abrazdemi ćese bidemi'' "I think therefore I am") or to join a subject with an adverbial predicate (e.g. ''boveźńi e | The substantive verb denotes existence and may be used alone (e.g. ''abrazdemi ćese bidemi'' "I think therefore I am") or to join a subject with an adverbial predicate (e.g. ''boveźńi e tejezdu'' "we were in the house"). The forms are: | ||
* Present tense: ''bide'' | * Present tense: ''bide'' | ||