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CHAPTER X PARADIGM OF A REGULAR VERB THE following is a complete paradigm of a regular verb, showing the various forms. Most tenses have at least two forms, the simple verb, whether in the inflected or impersonal conjugation, and the com- pound, or verb with auxiliaries. In late Cornish the compound is by far the more usual in almost every tense. The general principal on which the different forms are used is : Affirmative Sentences. Simple Impersonal or Auxi- liary Impersonal, generally the latter. Negative ', Interrogative, or Dependent Sentences. In- flected Simple or Inflected Auxiliary, generally the latter, but the Simple Inflected is more common in these than the Simple Impersonal is in affirmative sentences. ROOT. Car, love. VERBAL NOUN OR INFINITIVE. Cara, the act of loving, to love. PRESENT PARTICIPLE. Ow cara, loving. PAST OR PASSIVE PARTICIPLE. Keres, loved. I. PRESENT, originally used also as future. (a). Inflected form. Singular. Plural. 1. carav (vi}, 1 I love. i. caron (ny), older keryn, we love. 2. keres, or kereth (di 2. carough (why), you love. thou lovest. 3. car (ev), he loves. 3. carons (y), or carans, they love. 1 It will not be necessary to add the pronouns to every tense. 135