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is impossible, however, in the present space to specify all such modifications, and we must content ourselves with the following hints, which will be of service to the student.

a.

1. a, in an accented syllable, becomes ă, so soon as that syllable becomes through inflection unaccented:

eŭ tac,	‘I am silent;’	eŭ tăcuĭ,	‘I was silent.’
el tace,	‘He is silent;’	tăcere,	‘silence’ (noun).
barbă,	‘beard;’	bărbat,	‘man.’

etc.

2. a becomes ă in the plural of many words, even though the accentuation is unchanged:

carte,	‘book;’	cărțĭ,	‘books.’
parte,	‘part;’	părțĭ,
ogradă,	‘yard;’	ogrăḑĭ,
sabie,	‘swrod;’	săbiĭ,

etc.

e.

e is often modified into ĕ in the singular of nouns and in the conjugation of verbs:

pĕr,	‘hair;’	perĭ.
rĕŭ,	‘bad;’	reĭ.
mĕr,	‘apple;’	mere.
a vede,	‘to see;’	eŭ vĕd,	‘I see.’
eŭ vĕḑuĭ,	‘I saw;’	vĕḑĕnd,	‘seeing.’

etc.