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There are a variety of different strategies to form the perfective. Many of them involve the ''suffix'', which takes the form of ''-v-'' between vowels and ''-u-'' after consonants. All of them take the perfective endings. | There are a variety of different strategies to form the perfective. Many of them involve the ''suffix'', which takes the form of ''-v-'' between vowels and ''-u-'' after consonants. All of them take the perfective endings. | ||
:*Attachment of the suffix directly to the stem. | :*Attachment of the suffix directly to the stem. | ||
:::'''''mendiç''''' ("they are healing me") → '''''menduī''''' ("they healed me") | :::'''''{{term|mendiç}}''''' ("they are healing me") → '''''menduī''''' ("they healed me") | ||
:::'''''saepiç''''' ("they are cutting me") → '''''saepuī''''' ("they cut me") | :::'''''saepiç''''' ("they are cutting me") → '''''saepuī''''' ("they cut me") | ||
:*Attachment of the suffix after base thematic vowel. | :*Attachment of the suffix after base thematic vowel. | ||
:::'''''praeffiliaç''''' ("they are paying me") → '''''praeffïliāvī''''' ("they payed me") | :::'''''{{term|praeffiliaç}}''''' ("they are paying me") → '''''praeffïliāvī''''' ("they payed me") | ||
:::'''''augeç''''' ("they are looking at me") → '''''augēvī''''' ("they looked at me") | :::'''''augeç''''' ("they are looking at me") → '''''augēvī''''' ("they looked at me") | ||
:*No suffix; perfective endings attached directly to the stem, with root vowel lengthening. | :*No suffix; perfective endings attached directly to the stem, with root vowel lengthening. | ||
:::'''''iuvaç''''' ("they are writing me") → '''''iūvī''''' ("they wrote me") | :::'''''{{term|iuvaç}}''''' ("they are writing me") → '''''iūvī''''' ("they wrote me") | ||
:::'''''feriç''''' ("they are carrying me") → '''''fērī''''' ("they carried me") | :::'''''feriç''''' ("they are carrying me") → '''''fērī''''' ("they carried me") | ||
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