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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.
- (3) A lua, ‘to take,’ has a regular conjugation, but in the singular, and the third person plural of the indicative present, subjunctive present, and imperative, it changes the root lu to i.
Indicative Present.
| eŭ iaŭ, ‘I take.’ | noĭ luăm, |
| tu iaĭ, | voĭ luaṭĭ. |
| el ia, | eĭ iaŭ. |
Imperative.
| ia (tu), ‘take.’ | luaṭĭ (voĭ), |
| ia (el), | ia (eĭ). |
Subjunctive Present.
| eŭ să iaŭ, ‘I may take.’ | noĭ să luăm, |
| tu să iaĭ, | voĭ să luaṭĭ, |
| el să ia, | eĭ să ia. |
- (4) Many verbs derived from those Latin verbs which reduplicate their root for the perfect do the same in Roumanian:
| a da, ‘to give;’ | eŭ dăduĭ; | participle | dat. |
| a sta, ‘to stay;’ | eŭ stătuĭ; | participle„ | stat. |
In the same way, a la, ‘to wash (the head),’ has its perfect:
eŭ lăuĭ, past participle lăut or lat.
- (5) The verbs, a zice, ‘to say;’ a face, ‘to do,’ have the second person singular of the imperative: zi, fă.
