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The Carpathian language preserves the archaic Proto-Indo-European distinction between athematic and thematic, but athematic verbs were gradually reduced in number. The primary first-person singular endings, athematic ''*-mi'' and thematic ''*-oh₂'', were kept distinct, giving Carpathian subject conjugation ''-mi'' and ''-ū'' respectively. The Proto-Carpathian second-person thematic ending ''*-ēi'' was altered by its athematic counterpart, becoming ''-sei'' in modern Carpathian. | The Carpathian language preserves the archaic Proto-Indo-European distinction between athematic and thematic, but athematic verbs were gradually reduced in number. The primary first-person singular endings, athematic ''*-mi'' and thematic ''*-oh₂'', were kept distinct, giving Carpathian subject conjugation ''-mi'' and ''-ū'' respectively. The Proto-Carpathian second-person thematic ending ''*-ēi'' was altered by its athematic counterpart, becoming ''-sei'' in modern Carpathian. | ||
In terms of grammatical tense, it is more accurate to speak of an aspectual distinction in Carpathian, although its aspects overlap with a more common use of tense in other European languages. The Carpathian aspectual system includes present, aorist, imperfect, perfect and future. Although still present, the stative is no longer a separate productive category, becoming instead a subclass of verbs. There are three moods: indicative, optative and subjunctive. | In terms of grammatical tense, it is more accurate to speak of an aspectual distinction in Carpathian, although its aspects overlap with a more common use of tense in other European languages. The Carpathian aspectual system includes present, aorist, imperfect, perfect and future. Although still present, the stative is no longer a separate productive category, becoming instead a subclass of verbs. There are three moods: indicative, optative and subjunctive. Unlike many European languages, Carpathian lacks passive voice in finite verbs, but it preserves passive participles, reanalysed as inactive or stative. | ||
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