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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.
Imperfect.
| eŭ vedém, ‘I saw.’ | eŭ credém, ‘I believed.’ |
| tu vedéĭ, | tu credéĭ, |
| el vedea, | el credea, |
| noĭ vedém, | noĭ credém, |
| voĭ vedéṭĭ, | voĭ credéṭĭ, |
| eĭ vedéŭ. | eĭ credéŭ. |
We know that é with the accent is equivalent to the diphthong ea, but as é for ea cannot be written at the end of a word, we have—
| el credea (not credé). | el vedea (not vedé). |
Simple Perfect.
| eŭ vĕḍuĭ, ‘je vis.’ | eŭ creḍuĭ, |
| tu vĕḍuṣĭ, | tu creḍuṣĭ, |
| el vĕḍu, | el creḍu, |
| noĭ vĕḍurăm, | noĭ creḍurăm, |
| voĭ vĕḍurăṭĭ, | voĭ creḍurăṭĭ, |
| eĭ vĕḍură. | eĭ creḍură. |
There are many verbs ending in e short which instead of uĭ take eĭ for the simple perfect, and change the last consonant to s; so a merge, ‘to go,’ has not its simple perfect eŭ merguĭ, but—
| eŭ merseĭ, ‘I went.’ | noĭ mereserăm, |
| tu merseṣĭ, | voĭ merserăṭĭ, |
| el merse, | eĭ merseră. |
Thus:
| a scrie, | ‘to write;’ | perfect, | eŭ scrisseĭ. |
| a duce, | ‘to bring;’ | perfect„ | eŭ dusseĭ. |
