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# According to the modern language the ''-ais'' ending is reconstructible for 2nd person singular in past tense, but the form ''-ēi'' was attested. However it is not precisely known whether the -ēi ending was real or it could be a misspelling. | # According to the modern language the ''-ais'' ending is reconstructible for 2nd person singular in past tense, but the form ''-ēi'' was attested. However it is not precisely known whether the -ēi ending was real or it could be a misspelling. | ||
An interesting feature Old Pomorian verbs possessed was a presence of objective clitics. These clitics were attached to the end of prefixless transitive verbs or to the beginning of transitive verbs with prefixes to show a direct object. Those clitics are seldom used in North-Western dialects of the modern language, but are considered archaic. Pronouns in accusative case are used instead nowadays. | An interesting feature Old Pomorian verbs possessed was a presence of '''objective clitics'''. These clitics were attached to the end of prefixless transitive verbs or to the beginning of transitive verbs with prefixes to show a direct object. Those clitics are seldom used in North-Western dialects of the modern language, but are considered archaic. Pronouns in accusative case are used instead nowadays. | ||
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Clitics could be attached in all tenses and moods and didn't change their form like real verb personal endings. However they had long form (if the verb began in a vowel) and short (if the verb began in a consonant). There was no clitic for a third person, a corresponding pronoun was always used in that case. | Clitics could be attached in all tenses and moods and didn't change their form like real verb personal endings. However they had long form (if the verb began in a vowel) and short (if the verb began in a consonant). There was no clitic for a third person, a corresponding pronoun was always used in that case. A similar '''reflexive clitic''' (-sej-/-si-) was also present which made a verb intransitive (it is similar to English word "oneself). For example: ''nātigēdjau'' means "I asked you", ''nāsigēdjesi'' is "you ask yourself". | ||
==Development== | ==Development== | ||