Re: [tied] Subjunctive and Thematic Present

On 2006-07-30 02:02, raonath wrote:

> Resurrecting an old thread, the idea that bhereti type is subjunctive
> reinterpreted as present would seem to require that the PIE
> subjunctive used primary endings. How do we then explain the
> pculiar mix of primary and secondary endings in the RV
> active subjunctive (RV middle to Brahmana middle subjunctive
> seems even weirder, that presumably is not relevant to this
> question)?

The tenseless (non-reporting) "injunctive" form *bHer-e-t is all that we
need as the pivot of the change. With the appropriate tense markers it
becomes a present (*bHer-e-t-i) or an imperfect (*e bHer-e-t).

Piotr