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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.