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=====Present indicative===== The most complex system is the present indicative, consisting of 12 classes, 8 thematic and 4 athematic, with distinct sets of thematic and athematic endings. The following classes occur in Tocharian B (some are missing in Tocharian A): *I: Athematic without suffix < PIE root athematic. *II: Thematic without suffix < PIE root thematic. *III: Thematic with PToch suffix ''*-ë-''. [[Mediopassive]] only. Apparently reflecting consistent PIE ''o'' theme rather than the normal alternating ''o/e'' theme. *IV: Thematic with PToch suffix ''*-ɔ-''. Mediopassive only. Same PIE origin as previous class, but diverging within Proto-Tocharian. *V: Athematic with PToch suffix ''*-ā-'', likely from either PIE verbs ending in a syllabic laryngeal or PIE derived verbs in ''*-eh₂-'' (but extended to other verbs). *VI: Athematic with PToch suffix ''*-nā-'', from PIE verbs in ''*-nH-''. *VII: Athematic with infixed nasal, from PIE infixed nasal verbs. *VIII: Thematic with suffix ''-s-'', possibly from PIE ''-sḱ-''? *IX: Thematic with suffix ''-sk-'' < PIE ''-sḱ-''. *X: Thematic with PToch suffix ''*-näsk/nāsk-'' (evidently a combination of classes VI and IX). *XI: Thematic in PToch suffix ''*-säsk-'' (evidently a combination of classes VIII and IX). *XII: Thematic with PToch suffix ''*-(ä)ññ-'' < either PIE ''*-n-y-'' (denominative to n-stem nouns) or PIE ''*-nH-y-'' (deverbative from PIE ''*-nH-'' verbs). [[Palatalization (phonetics)|Palatalization]] of the final root [[consonant]] occurs in the 2nd singular, 3rd singular, 3rd dual and 2nd plural in thematic classes II and VIII-XII as a result of the original PIE thematic vowel ''e''.
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