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The auxiliary is inseparable from the verb, except when the verb is reflective and the auxiliary follows it. In this case the pronoun, governed by the reflective verb, stands between the verb and the auxiliary:

eŭ m’am luptat,		or	luptat-u-m’am.
tu te-aĭ	luptat„	or„	te-aĭ.
el s’a	luptat„	or„	s’a
noĭ ne-am	luptat„	or„	ne-am.
voĭ v’aṭĭ	luptat„	or„	v’aṭĭ.
etc.

Sometimes the pronoun comes between the verb and its termination; but this only rarely occurs:

duceṭi-vĕ, or duce-vĕ-ṭĭ, ‘be gone.’

The negative nu always precedes the verb:

Nu voiŭ ara,‘I shall not plough,’
etc.

The second person singular of the imperative, in the negative form, is expressed by the negative particle followed by the verb in the infinitive:

nu ara,	‘plough not.’
nu crede,	‘believe not.’
nu tăce,	‘be not silent.’
nu dormi,	‘sleep not.’
etc.

When the interrogative form is used the subject comes after the verb:

Are el ce mănca?‘Has he anything to eat?’