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VERBS.
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Very little use is made of the pluperfect, or of the imperfect, unless in narration.

I. Future.

eŭ voiŭ ara, ‘I shall plough.’ noĭ vom ara,
tu veĭ ara, voĭ veṭĭ ara,
el va ara, eĭ vor ara.

It may be remarked that vo, the auxiliary for the future, is written with ŭ to distinguish it from the personal pronoun voĭ, ‘you.’

II. Future.

eŭ voiŭ fi arat, ‘I shall have ploughed.’  noĭ vom fi arat,
eŭ votu veĭ fi arat noĭ vomvoĭ veṭĭ fi arat
eŭ voel va fi arat noĭ vomeĭ vor fi arat

Imperative.

a (tu), ‘plough.’ araṭĭ (voĭ),
are (el), are (eĭ).

Subjunctive Present.

eŭ să ar, ‘I may plough.’ noĭ să arăm,
tu să a, voĭ să araṭĭ,
el să are, eĭ să are.

It may be observed here that in the subjunctive the third person singular of verbs belonging to this class ends in e, whereas in those which have the infinitive in e and i, it ends in ĕ.

Subjunctive Past.

eŭ să fi arat, ‘I may have ploughed.’  noĭ să fi arat.
eŭtu să fi arat noĭvoĭ să fi arat
eŭel să fi arat noĭeĭ să fi arat