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 136 GRAMMAR As this form, except occasionally in verse*, is only used in negative, interrogative, or dependent sentences, the initial is generally changed to the second state by some preceding particle, such as a, ni, pan, etc. (b). Impersonal form. Mi, ti, ev, ny, why, y (late form often anjy or jy) a gar. (c). Inflected Auxiliary. Gwrav vi car a. For the rest of the tense see the present of gwil, to do. (d). Impersonal Auxiliary. Mi, ti, ev, ny, why, y (or anjy or jy) a wra cara. The forms wrama, wresta are generally used for the inflected auxiliary first and second persons singular in interrogative and dependent sentences, a wrama cara, do I love ? pan wresta cara, when thou dost love. The particle a of the impersonal form is not infrequently omitted, especially when the pronouns ending in vowels immediately precede it. 1 LA. THE CONTINUOUS OR HABITUAL PRESENT. Thov vi ow cara, I am loving. The rest as in the present tense of bos, to be, followed by the present participle. The negative form of this is : Nynsoma or nynsov ow cara, etc. I.E. THE PASSIVE PRESENT. Dhov vt keres, I am loved. The rest as the present of bos, followed by the past participle. 1 The remarks on the use of the different forms of this tense apply mutatis mutandis to the other tenses. See also Chapter XIV. i.