[tied] Romanian verbal paradigm (Re: Late Proto Albanian...)

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 30905
Date: 2004-02-09

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "altamix" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "altamix" <alxmoeller@...>
wrote:
> > > IV a dormi: dormi-am, dormi-ai,dormi-a, dormi-am, dormi-atzi,
> > dormia
> >
> > You'd do better to analyse the I and II 2s as purta-ai and vedea-
ai.
>
> to see a special thing or why?

Just to bring out the underlying regularity! Incidentally, you
forgot the modern ending -au for the 3pl of the imperfect.

Richard.