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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.
Verbs ending in a long:
| a ara, ‘to till.’ | a da, ‘to give.’ |
| a mănca, ‘to eat.’ | a lua, ‘to take;’ etc. |
Verbs ending in e long, sometimes pronounced as the diphthong ea:
| a ave, ‘to have.’ | a vede, ‘to see.’ |
| a ṣede, ‘to sit.’ | a tăce, ‘to be silent;’ etc. |
Verbs ending in e short:
| a crede, ‘to believe.’ | a perde, ‘to lose.’ |
| a merge, ‘to go.’ | a alege, ‘to choose, elect;’ etc. |
The verbs ending in e long and in e short, as nearly similar in their inflections, may be classed together.
Verbs ending in i long:
| a voi, ‘to will.’ | a iubi, ‘to love.’ |
| a cinsti, ‘to honour.’ | a opri, ‘to stop, to hider;’ etc. |
Verbs ending in î long (accentuated):
| a omorî, ‘to murder.’ | a ocărî, ‘to defame.’ |
| a coborî, ‘to descend.’ | etc. |
These two kinds may be classed together.
If we show the inflection of each of these three classes, and accompany them by such remarks as may be profitable, the student will form a complete idea of the Roumanian Verb.
