Re: [tied] Re: PIE conjugations

Many thanks, Mark. Of course, /th2e/ = *th2a. The question whether there should be a final *-i in the first two persons is really moot. Hittite endings (-(ah)hi, -ti, archaic -he, -te < *-h2a-i, *-th2a-i) suggest it should be there (and also in the plural: -meni/-weni, while the stable *-o: of the 1sg in the non-Anatolian branches points to *-o-h2 (with *-o- on the analogy of -o-m?). The characteristic features of Class IIb (as opposed to IIa) are the "buffer" vowel *-e/o- and the static root stress. The reconstruction reflects ongoing research and the fine details cannot be regarded as final.

Piotr

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From: Mark Odegard

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Subject: [tied] Re: PIE conjugations

But Mark has a copy of his own and if we ask him politely, maybe he'll be good enough to check the details in the article on the "Proto-Indo-European Language" and tell us how Adams conjugates *bHere-. (Would you, Mark?) Anyway it's clear that *bHere-si and *bHere-ti are innovated (they don't occur in some branches in the thematic conjugation), while "*bHero:" is an old form. For you, Piotr, almost anything. My copy is already well-worn, held together with duct tape. Singular Plural 1 bhéroh2 bhéromes 2 bhéreth2e? bhérete 3 bhérei bhéronti For those of you that get garbage, it's an e-acute in all places.