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*Imperative has no first person forms. When necessary, optative forms are used.
*Imperative has no first person forms. When necessary, optative forms are used.
==Periphrastic formations==
==Periphrastic formations==
The original Proto-Indo-European subjunctive had fell out of use already by the Proto-Carpathian period, instead being replaced by the preterit form of ''būtei'' and the supine or the infinitive of the main verb, for example: ''būnta skeistei'' “I would be reading that”; ''būsta skeistun'' “(that) you read that” The subjunctive forms of the verb ''būtei'' (subject endings only) are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! rowspan=3 | [[w:Grammatical number|Singular]]
! [[w:Grammatical person|1st]]
| ''bū́n''
|-
! [[w:Grammatical person|2nd]]
| ''bū́s''
|-
! [[w:Grammatical person|3rd]]
| ''bū́''
|-
! rowspan=3 | [[w:Grammatical number|Dual]]
! [[w:Grammatical person|1st]]
| ''bū́wā''
|-
! [[w:Grammatical person|2nd]]
| ''bū́tā''
|-
! [[w:Grammatical person|3rd]]
| ''bū́tis''
|-
! rowspan=3 | [[w:Grammatical number|Plural]]
! [[w:Grammatical person|1st]]
| ''bū́me''
|-
! [[w:Grammatical person|2nd]]
| ''bū́te''
|-
! [[w:Grammatical person|3rd]]
| ''bū́wen''
|-
|}


[[Category:Carpathian]]
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