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4. The same present indicative, with the infinitive present of the verb ‘to be,’ for the second future:
| eŭ voiŭ fi arat, ‘I shall have ploughed.’ | noĭ vom fi arat, |
| eŭ voiŭtu veĭ fi arat„ | noĭ vomvoĭ veṭĭ fi arat„ |
| eŭ voiŭel va fi arat„ | noĭ vomeĭ vor fi arat„ |
5. As the subjunctive is formed by placing before the verb the particle să and the auxiliaries aṣĭ, aĭ, ar, am, aṭĭ, ar, before the conditional, the perfects of those moods will be formed if we put after să or aṣĭ the infinitive of ‘to be:’
Conditional Perfect.
| eŭ aṣĭ fi arat, ‘I should have ploughed.’ | noĭ am fi arat, |
| eŭ aṣĭtu aĭ fi arat„ | noĭ amvoĭ aṭĭ fi arat„ |
| eŭ aṣĭel ar fi arat„ | noĭ ameĭ ar fi arat„ |
Subjunctive Perfect.
| 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„ |
And only in the passive form is the verb ‘to be’ used exclusively as auxiliary.
Having now considered the auxiliary verbs, and their use in the formation of the compound tenses of other verbs, we can speak of the verbs themselves. These have five different terminations for the infinitive present, which can be reduced to three.
