Re: proto-romance questions

nicole perrin wrote:

> J. Barefoot wrote:
> >
> > Well what'dy'a know? I went to the university library and they had
exactly
> > what I needed! "Proto-Romance Phonology" by Robert Hall, who my French
> > insists on calling Bob {cue creepy music}; it has lots of examples.
Perhaps
> > I'll post a proto-Romance vocabulary to my webpage. Anyway, not having
> > studied Latin really, I have some questions:
> > 1) the -ere verbs (so my sources say) were all stressed on the stem. Do
the
> > other verb classes have (semi-)regular stress like this? Specifically,
are
> > the -are verbs stressed on the ending? Because of stress and
> > diphthongization rules in my current sketch, the -ere     (-ara) verbs
are
> > merging with the -are (-aira), by analogy of inflection, not infinitve
form.
> > Okay, so I have a question. Let me tell y'all what I've got so far.
{cough
> > *peer review?* cough}
I'll give you an overview of the kinds of Latin verbs, in the
infinitive and present tense.  I'll capitalize the stressed syllable.

1st conjugation (long A stem):
Amo, Amas, Amat, aMAmus, aMAtis, Amant.  aMAre.

2nd conjugation (long E stem):
HAbeo, HAbes, HAbet, haBEmus, haBEtis, HAbent.  haBEre.

3rd conjugation (short e/i stem):
DUco, DUcis, DUcit, DUcimus, DUcitis, DUcunt.  DUcere.

3rd conjugation with -io:
CApio, CApis, CApit, CApimus, CApitis, CApiunt.  CApere.

4th conjugation (long I stem)
AUdio, AUdis, AUdit, auDImus, auDItis, AUdiunt.  auDIre.

(That's from memory; I'm a little iffy on the 4th conjs but I think
it's right.)

Hope that helps!

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