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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.
Infinitive.
| Present. | Past. |
| a fi, ‘To be.’ | a fi fost, ‘To have been.’ |
Participle.
| Present. | Past. |
| fiind, ‘Being.’ | fost, ‘Been.’ |
The same forms of the auxiliary verbs are used in the formation of the compound tenses, both of transitive and intransitive verbs. These forms are:—
1. Abbreviations of the indicative present of the verb ‘to have,’ for the perfect indicative:
| eŭ am arat, ‘I have ploughed.’ | noĭ am arat, |
| tu aĭ arat, | voĭ aṭĭ arat, |
| el a arat, | eĭ aŭ arat. |
2. The same abbreviations with the past participle of the verb ‘to be,’ for the pluperfect indicative:
| eŭ am fost arat, ‘I had ploughed.’ | noĭ am fost arat, |
| eŭ amtu aĭ fost arat„ | noĭ amvoĭ aṭĭ fost arat„ |
| eŭ amel a fost arat„ | noĭ ameĭ a fost arat„ |
3. The present indicative of the verb a voi, ‘to will,’ for the first future:
| eŭ voiŭ ara, ‘I shall plough.’ | noĭ vom ara, |
| tu veĭ ara, | voĭ veṭĭ ara, |
| el va ara, | eĭ vor ara. |
