Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Umbrian language
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==== Endings ==== Verbs in Umbrian are inflected for the following categories:{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=27}} * [[Grammatical tense|Tense]] (present, future, perfect, and future perfect) * [[Grammatical voice|Voice]] (active, deponent/passive) * [[Grammatical mood|Mood]] (indicative, imperative, subjunctive) * [[Grammatical person|Person]] (1st, 2nd, 3rd) * [[Grammatical number|Number]] (singular, plural) Present, future and future perfect forms in the active voice use the following set of personal endings (primary):{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=151}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! !! Singular !! Plural |- ! 1st || ''-ō'' || |- ! 2nd || ''-s'' || |- ! 3rd || ''-t'' || ''-nt'' |} Perfect indicative and all tenses of the subjunctive in the active voice use a different set of endings (secondary):{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=151}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! !! Singular !! Plural |- ! 1st || ''-m'' || |- ! 2nd || ''-s'' || |- ! 3rd || ''-∅'' || ''-ns'' |} Passive endings are attested only for the 3rd person: singular primary ''-ter'', singular secondary ''-(n)tur'', plural ''-endi''.{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=28}} Perfect stems are derived from the present stem in different ways. Latin ''-vī-'' perfects are not attested in Umbrian.{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=169}} Instead, Umbrian uses its own set of forms, including reduplicated perfects such as ''dede'' 'gave', the -s- suffix, as in ''sesu-s-t'' 'will have sat', and the ''-nçi-'' suffix, as in ''purdi-nçi-ust'' 'will have presented'. Some verbs also use suppletive forms.{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=29}} Other tenses are formed by suffixation:{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=30}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Mood !! Tense !! Stem !! Suffix !! Example |- | rowspan=2 | Indicative || Future || Present || ''-(e)s-'' || ''prupeha-s-t'' 'piabit'{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=160}} |- | Future perfect || Perfect || ''-us-'' || '''fak-us-t''''{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=158}} |- | rowspan=2 | Subjunctive || Present || Present || ''-iā-'' (for a-stems), ''-ā-'' (for other stems) || '''habi-a'' 'should hold' |- | Perfect || Perfect || ''-ē-'' || '''heriiei'''{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=159}} |} The following non-finite forms are attested (all of them are based on the present stem):{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=33}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Form !! Suffix !! Example |- | Present active participle || ''-nt-'' || '''kutef''' 'murmuring' (''-f'' < *''-ns'' < *''-nts'') |- | Past participle || ''-to-'' || '''çersnatur''' 'having dined' (Nom.pl. masc.) |- | Present active infinitive || ''-om'' || ''er-om'' 'to be' |- | Present passive infinitive || ''-fi''/''-fir'' || ''piha-fi'' 'to be expiated' |- | Supine || ''-to(m)'' || ''aseriato'' 'for the purpose of observing' |- | Gerundive || ''-nno-'' || ''pihaner'' 'purify' (Gen.sg. masc.) |}
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)