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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.
which the passage from e to é and from o to ó are time honoured.
d, s, t.
D, s, and t, at the end of words to which an ĭ has been affixed, change respectively into ḑ, ș, and ț:
| eŭ cred, | ‘I believe;’ | tu creḑĭ. |
| brad, | ‘fir-tree;’ | braḑĭ. |
| eŭ cos, | ‘I sew;’ | tu coșĭ. |
| eŭ socot, | ‘I think;’ | tu socoțĭ, etc. |
If the word ends in st, the s alone undergoes modification:
| acest, ‘this;’ | aceștĭ, ‘these.’ |
| onest, ‘honest;’ | oneștĭ (plural). |
With verbs this change occurs sometimes before u, ĕ, i:
| eŭ vĕd, ‘I see;’ eŭ vĕḑuĭ, ‘I saw.’ |
| vĕḑĕnd, ‘seeing;’ etc. |
Euphony occasionally requires that certain letters should be (1) omitted from, (2) interpolated in, or (3) affixed to a word:
| (1) cale, | ‘road;’ | căĭ (plural for călĭ). |
| (1) vițel, | ‘calf;’ | vițeĭ (plur. f. vițelĭ). |
| eŭ vin, ‘I come;’ tu viĭ, ‘thou comest;’ for tu vinĭ. |
| tu saĭ, ‘thou leapest;’ for tu sarĭ, etc. |
| (2) omuluĭ, ‘to the man;’ for omluĭ. |
| (2) veniuar, ‘should he come;’ for veniar. |
etc.
(3) îmĭ vine reŭ, ‘I feel ill;’ for mi vine reŭ.
