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The imperfect is formed by adding a "tense marker" that is known as "imperfect marker" or "augment" and is represented by an '''e-''' which is added to the verb root as it appears in the present tense. If the root already begins with this vowel, it is substituted for '''y-'''. SOme verbs underwent some changes like syncopes or consonantal modifications. | The imperfect is formed by adding a "tense marker" that is known as "imperfect marker" or "augment" and is represented by an '''e-''' which is added to the verb root as it appears in the present tense. If the root already begins with this vowel, it is substituted for '''y-'''. SOme verbs underwent some changes like syncopes or consonantal modifications. | ||
The e-pattern verbs have got the following endings: ''-on'', ''-es'', ''-e'', ''-en'', ''-ech'', ''-on''; whereas the u-pattern verbs have got the endings: ''-un'', ''-ys'', ''-y'', ''-un'', ''-ych'', ''-un'', which correspond in all persons - except for the 1st singular and the 3rd plural - to the present forms. | The e-pattern verbs have got the following endings: ''-on'', ''-es'', ''-e'', ''-en'', ''-ech'', ''-on''; whereas the u-pattern verbs have got the endings: ''-un'', ''-ys'', ''-y'', ''-un'', ''-ych'', ''-un'', which correspond in all persons - except for the 1st singular and the 3rd plural - to the present forms. | ||
====Imperfect of "i-verbs"==== | |||
The so called "i-verbs" essentially behave as all the other e-pattern verbs, but their characteristical ''i'' is inserted between the root and the endings. In the present tense this vowel, where it occurs, is always tonic, in the imperfect this vowel occurs in all persons, but it is accented only in the 1st and the 2nd persons of plural, whereas in the other persons it forms a diphthong with the endings' vowels. | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
!colspan="3"|'''I-verbs''' | |||
|- | |||
!'''Person''' | |||
!'''Ethyn''' | |||
!'''Lyn''' | |||
|- | |||
!'''eu''' | |||
|'''y'''thion | |||
|'''e'''lion | |||
|- | |||
!'''hi''' | |||
|'''y'''thies | |||
|'''e'''lies | |||
|- | |||
!'''o''' / '''ý''' | |||
|'''y'''thie | |||
|'''e'''lie | |||
|- | |||
!'''nüi''' | |||
|'''y'''thïen | |||
|'''e'''lïen | |||
|- | |||
!'''üi''' | |||
|'''y'''thïech | |||
|'''e'''lïech | |||
|- | |||
!'''oi''' / '''ai''' | |||
|'''y'''thion | |||
|'''e'''lion | |||
|} | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||