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 ﻿Infinitive. Present tense. Past tense.

vrci, to throw vrhu vrhl

vřítí, to seethe vru vřel

zábstí, to be cold zebe záblo

zváíi, to invite zovu (zvu) zval

Sdílí, to press Sdmu zď al

Sici, to kindle Shu Sehl

Si/i, to reap Snu Sal

Sráli, to devour Seru Sral

ézw/V, to chew Svu Sval.

jiti, to take, becomes in composition -ejmouti, as sejmouti, od-ejmotdi, to take away. The m in the present tense and the lengthened form of the infinitive are lost in the infinitive in -iti, which stands for an original nasal. In the compounds we have a parasitic n with the past tense, which is put in for euphony, as odňal, he took away. The same form is found in Old Slavonic, and indeed in all the Slavonic languages.

čiti, to begin, is always found compounded, as začal, he began. Observe the present začnu, which is explained by the latent nasal, Russian Haiara., Ha'my.

moci, to be able, mohu ; past tense, mohl.

mníii, to think; past tense, mněl.

Some of the tenses of these verbs are here given in detail. They belong to the oldest verbs in the language.

jeti, to go.

Present. Imperative.

1. jedu jedeme 2. jeď

2. jedeš jedete 1. jeďme

3. jede jedou 2. jeďte.

Past tense (perfect), jel jsem. £ 2