13 §
7 Verbs. Beside the tenses usually found
in
the verbs of other languages, the Bulgarian has
forms of the
distinct
and Future
to
mark
xorist^ Perfect,
Pluperfect
singleness of action. These
forms are generally produced by prefixing one
of
the prepositions npo, na, or 3; as ^NK^^^h Ispoke i^o^%f^A)^'h I
spoke [once)
written^
tisi,
^^pAAAH KE^A
thej
NEM7»;
ending
UHCAATi
iii^'k
I have
I have written (once)
had thrown awa/, o^^^AAAH KE)(A they had thrown awaj {once). A few verbs produce these forms by inserting a n; as ipe r^hV^^ b^hVam's, ipg a
few^
in
Xbam'a
and
change these terminations into AAiTiand ijjE ^^ ^ABAM'i I shall pwe (repeatedly )
^baaa^a emti,
as
ipE ^ ^^ CTiN^BAMTi I shall remain, cTANEArg, I shall remain (once). When the ending Sbam^ is preceded by
^^ANTi
/ shall give (pnca)
^
qjE
3 or these letters are changed before em'a into h; and m, as ka^^bam^a, kajkem'*, onicSBAA'2, oc,
nAlUEMTS.
The Infinitive h^s become obsolete, and its place is supplied by the Subjunctive, as in Mod. Greek. The substantive verb ciA^b(Slavic gcAM») to be^ is
thus declined. INDICATIVE.
Pres. ciMb, CH,
g
cae,
cte, ca. 2
