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 ﻿fut. popluji: zouti, to take off the boots; sezuji, I will take off my boots: kouli, to forge: douti, to blow; in pres. both duji and dmu ; perf. dul sem; fut. naduji1.

SECOND CLASS. STEMS WITH CONNECTING VOWEL.

zdvihnouti, to lift up.

a. Inf. stem, zdvihnu. Inf. zdvihnou-ti. Past part. act. I. zdvihnu-v. Past part. act. II. zdvihnu-l. Past part. pass. zdvihnu-t.

/S. Pres. stem, zdvihn-e.

Pres. part. act. zdvihn-a.

Many of these verbs have a tendency to omit the syllable nu, not only, as in Russian, in past part. act. II, but also in past part, passive2. Thus, strhly se opet různice, disputes again broke out. This seems especially the case with verbs which have a consonant before the nu. Many verbs are found in this conjugation in Bohemian which belong to the first in the other Slavonic languages.

THIRD CLASS. STEMS WITH CONNECTING VOWEL é.

First Group,  umlti, to understand. a. Inf. stem, ume. Inf. umi-ti. Past part. act. I. ume-v. Past part. act. II. umi-l. Past part. pass, ume-n.

1 Vide supra, influence of prepositions in forming aspects of verbs. 5 One is reminded of the vv which drops out of certain Greek verbs, as SfÍKWfii, to show; first aor. cSfifa.

na-STEMS

•ech, nou).

Singular. Pres. 1. zdvihn-u

2. zdvihn-e-i

3. zdvihn-e Imp. r. -

Plural. .

zdvihn-e-me

zdvihn-e-te

zdvihn-ou.

zdvihn-l-m

zdvihn-l-te

zdvihn-e-te.

2. zdvihn-i

3. zdvihn-i