En réponse à Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>:
> VERBS
>
> Verbs have the following forms:
>
> Presnt indicative
> Imperfect indicative
> Past Perfect indicative
> Future indicative
> Present subjunctive
> Past subjunctive
> Present conditional
> Past conditional
> Imperative
>
No Perfect indicative (or Past simple)? Did the imperfect take over all past
nuances?
> infinitive, past & present participles
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> REGULAR -E VERBS: a dzimete "to forgive"
>
> PRESENT INDICATIVE IMPERFECT IND PAST PERF IND
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> go dzimetesc go dzimeteyesc go su dzimetetu
> tu dzimetes tu dzimeteyes tu yes dzimetetu
> il dzimete il dzimeteye il ye dzimetetu
> nos dzimetme nos dzimeteyme nos sme dzimeteti
> vos dzimetes vos dzimeteyes vos ste dzimeteti
> eis dzimeten eis dzimeteyen eis scia dzimeteti
>
Looks nice!
> FUTURE IND
>
> go meu a dzimete / dzimetemeu
> tu meres a dzimete / dzimetemeres
> il mea a dzimete / dzimetemea
> nos merme a dzimete / dzimetemerme
> vos meres a dzimete / dzimetemeres
> eis meren a dzimete / dzimetemeren
>
Interesting to use "to go" for the future. Dalmatian didn't suffer as much
Baltic influence as Romanian, did it? Or else I think it would have taken a
future with "to want", like Romanian, Bulgarian or Modern Greek.
> PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE PAST SUBJUNCTIVE
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> go bi dzimetetu go ai fusu bi dzimetetu
> tu bi dzimetetu tu ais fusu bi dzimetetu
> il bi dzimetetu il a fusu bi dzimetetu
> nos bi dzimeteti nos ame fusi bi dzimeteti
> vos bi dzimeteti vos aves fusi bi dzimeteti
> eis bi dzimeteti eis au fusi bi dzimeteti
>
Where does "bi" come from?
> PRESENT CONDITIONAL PAST CONDITIONAL
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> go sce dzimete go sce dzimetetu
> tu sce dzimete tu sce dzimetetu
> il sce dzimete il sce dzimetetu
> nos sce dzimete nos sce dzimeteti
> vos sce dzimete vos sce dzimeteti
> eis sce dzimete eis sce dzimeteti
>
Same question with "sce". :)
> IMPERATIVE
>
> (tu) dzimet!
> (vos) dzimetaci!
>
> Infinitive: a dzimete
> Past participle: dzimetetu
> Pres participle: dzimetavsciu
>
/dzimetavSu/? What a strange word to pronounce :)) . Does this present
participle formation come from Slavic langs?
>
> IRREGULAR VERB: a esta "to be"
>
> PRES IND IMPERF IND FUT IND SHORT IMPERATIVE
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> go su go aira esmeu
> tu yes tu aires esmeres sei!
> il ye il aira esmea
> nos sme nos airame esmerme
> vos ste vos airate esmeres fici!
> eis scia eis airaya esmeren
>
I like those initial clusters in /sm/, it looks so nicely un-Romance :) .
> Infinitive: a esta
> past part: fusu
>
> Like this also are conjugated verbs like a abesta "to be away"
>
So you kept the Latin compound verbs "prefix+esse"? Very nice. In my Reman, I
think I didn't keep those compounds, but on the other hand developped a lot of
compounds with iri: to go.
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> IRREGULAR VERB: a mea "to go"
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> PRES IND IMPERF IND FUT IND SHORT IMPERATIVE
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> go meu go irya irmea
> tu meres tu ires irmeres ba!
> il mea il ira irmea
> nos merme nos irme irmerme
> vos meres vos ires irmeres meci!
> eis meren eis iren irmeren
>
Where do the infinitive and present forms come from?
Christophe.
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