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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.
Some use this subjunctive as follows:
| eŭ să fiǔ arat, | noĭ să fim arat, |
| tu să fiĭ arat, | voĭ să fiṭĭ arat, |
| el să fie arat, | eĭ să fie arat. |
But the former is more correct.
I. Conditional.
| eŭ aṣĭ ara, ‘I should plough.’ | noĭ am ara, |
| tu aĭ ara, | voĭ aṭĭ ara, |
| el ar ara, | eĭ ar ara. |
II. Conditional.
| 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„ |
Infinitive.
| Present. | Past. |
| a ara or arare, ‘to plough.’ | a fi arat, ‘to have ploughed.’ |
Participle.
| Present. | Past. |
| arănd, ‘ploughing.’ | arat, ‘ploughed.’ |
As seen here, the infinitive present has two forms. The first, as a verb, is preceded by the particle a, corresponding to the English ‘to:’ a ara, ‘to plough,’ a da, ‘to give,’ etc.; and the second form is treated as a noun: arare, dare, etc.
