From: habarakhe4
Date: Mon Dec 23 2002 - 17:52:28 EST
Old Fortunatian
"I" "thou" (Nominative, Genitive, Accusative)
Sg.
N mu' tu' [mu: tu:]
G mi' ti' [mi: ti:]
A me' te' [me: te:]
"we" "you"
Pl.
N no's bo's [no:S bo:S]
G no'st(e)r bo'st(e)r [no:St(e)r bo:St(e)r]
A no's bo's [no:S bo:S]
Classical Fortunatian
"I" "thou"
Sg.
N mu tu [mu tu]
G mi ti [mi ti]
A me te [me te]
"we" "you"
Pl.
N nos bos [noS boS]
G notr botr [not. bot.]
A nos bos [noS boS]
Old Fortunatian
INDICATIVE
There are singular and plural forms of the OF verb, which agree with
the subject of the sentence. The singular ends in –at, the plural in –
an (All regular verbs in OF are first declension in finite form). The
present uses the verb stem (port-) to which the endings –at, -an,
are attached. Thus:
mu portat, no:s portan `I, we carry'
The other indicative forms use periphrastic constructions consisting
of a supplementary verb followed by the infinitive. The supplementary
verb is conjugated like a present, but the infinitive is the elided
form of the Latin of perfect passive participle. Thus:
porta:tum > porta:t
du:ctum > du:ct
gavi:sus (from gaudeo, `rejoice') > gabi:s
Imperfect: serbat porta:t, serban porta:t
Future: badat porta:t, badan porta:t
Perfect: adit porta:t, adun porta:t
NB: This is not adat, adan; also the [i] of adit is short (Classical
Latin present), not long (CL perfect). `To approach' in OF is
appropinquat, appropinquan
Pluperfect: serbat adit porta:t, serban adun porta:t
Future Perfect: badat adit porta:t, badan adun porta:t
SUBJUNCTIVE
The OF subjunctive is used for indirect speech. It follows a similar
pattern to the indicative. All forms using /a/ change to /e/, while
adit and adun become adat and adan.
mu porten, no:s porten `I, we carry'
Imperfect: serbet porta:t, serben porta:t
Future: badet porta:t, baden porta:t
Perfect: adat porta:t, adan porta:t
Pluperfect: serbet adat porta:t, serben adan porta:t
Future Perfect: badet adat porta:t, baden adan porta:t
IMPERATIVE
The singular imperative is the verb stem plus /a/ [a:]. The plural
imperative is the verb stem plus /at/ [a:t], often identical to the
infinitive. Thus:
porta, portat `carry!' (infinitve: portat)
duca, ducat `lead!' (infinitive: duct)
goda, godat `rejoice!' (infinitive: gabis)
Classical Fortunatian
INDICATIVE
There are singular and plural forms of the OF verb, which agree with
the subject of the sentence. The singular ends in –at, the plural in –
an (All verbs in OF are first declension in finite form. The present
uses the verb stem (port-) to which the endings –at, -an, are
attached. Thus:
mu pon, nos pon `I, we carry' [mu f@n, noS f@n]
Imperfect: sort portat, sorn portat [S@rt f@t.at, S@rn f@t.at]
Future: bat portat, ban portat [bar f@t.at, ban f@t.at]
Perfect: ot portat, on portat [@t f@t.at, @n f@t.at]
Pluperfect: sortot portat, sornon porta:t [S@rt@t f@t.at, S@rt@n
f@t.at]
Future Perfect: battot portat, bannon portat [batt@t f@t.at, bann@n
f@t.at]
SUBJUNCTIVE
The OF subjunctive merged with the indicative in CF.
IMPERATIVE
The singular imperative is the verb stem. The plural imperative is
the verb stem plus /at/, often identical to the infinitive. Thus:
potr, potrat `carry!' (infinitve: potrat) [f@t., f@t.at, f@t.at]
duc, ducat `lead!' (infinitive: duct) [duk, dukat, dukt]
gaud, gaudat `rejoice!' (infinitive: gabis) [dZod, dZodat, dZabiS]
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