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Hirathic has three primary time distinctions: the present ({{sc|pres}}), the past ({{sc|past}}), and the future ({{sc|fut}}). While the present and the past are inherited straight from Proto-Indo-European, the origin of the future tense, formed by affixing '''-s''' to the stem, is probably a shared innovation from Late PIE, cf. Latin [[wiktionary:faxo|faxo]]. | Hirathic has three primary time distinctions: the present ({{sc|pres}}), the past ({{sc|past}}), and the future ({{sc|fut}}). While the present and the past are inherited straight from Proto-Indo-European, the origin of the future tense, formed by affixing '''-s''' to the stem, is probably a shared innovation from Late PIE, cf. Latin [[wiktionary:faxo|faxo]]. | ||
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Verbs are innately either perfect ({{sc|perf}}) or imperfective({{sc|ipfv}}) in aspect. To switch between these two aspects, most verbs demand a suffixation or a stem vowel change. Some verbs that have a bound preposition usually belong to a specific aspect, e.g., {{c|εχσειμι}} (''ekseimmi'') is perfective, derived from the union of the preposition {{c|εχς}} ‘out’ and {{c|ειμι}} ‘I go’, an imperfective verb, while the verb {{c|αθακαουθωμι}} (''āthākā́outhōmi'') ‘I listen anew, repeatedly’ is imperfective. | Verbs are innately either perfect ({{sc|perf}}) or imperfective({{sc|ipfv}}) in aspect. To switch between these two aspects, most verbs demand a suffixation or a stem vowel change. Some verbs that have a bound preposition usually belong to a specific aspect, e.g., {{c|εχσειμι}} (''ekseimmi'') is perfective, derived from the union of the preposition {{c|εχς}} ‘out’ and {{c|ειμι}} ‘I go’, an imperfective verb, while the verb {{c|αθακαουθωμι}} (''āthākā́outhōmi'') ‘I listen anew, repeatedly’ is imperfective, a situation not unlike the modern Slavic verbal system. | ||
====Mood==== | ====Mood==== | ||
====Voice==== | ====Voice==== |