FIRST CLASS.
A ara, ‘to plough.’
Indicative Present.
| eŭ ar, ‘I plough.’ | noĭ arăm, |
| tu arĭ, | voĭ araṭĭ, |
| el ară, | eĭ ară. |
It is to be remarked that the third person singular of this class of verbs always ends in ă:—el da, ‘he gives;’ el mancă, ‘he eats;’ el spală, ‘he washes;’ etc. The third person plural can end with ă or without it; thus—eĭ ară or ei ar, ‘they till;’ eĭ spală or eĭ spăa, ‘they wash;’ and when without ă, we prefer to add an ŭ (mute) to distinguish this plural from the first person singular, when they occur unaccompanied by pronouns:
| ar, ‘I plough;’ | arŭ, ‘they plough.’ |
| spăl, ‘I wash;’ | spălŭ, ‘they wash.’ |
| etc. | |
But many verbs belonging to this class have a prolonged form in ez for the three persons singular and the third plural:
a onora, ‘to honour.’
| eŭ onorez, | noĭ onorăm, |
| tu onorezĭ, | voĭ onoraṭĭ, |
| el onoréză, | eĭ onoréză. |
So, too, a respecta, a stima, etc. These may take both forms, but there are others which can take only the form in ez, as a vissa, ‘to dream,’ a lucra, ‘to work,’ etc. This occurs also in the present subjunctive and imperative. It can be learnt only by practice.
