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26 Their list is very long, but it may be sufficient to indicate the principle of their formation, which is to prefix to the interrogative pronouns one of the particles orĭ, verĭ, fie:

Or, by affixing the particle va to them:

To these we add:

In order to render the study of the verbs easier, we will class them under three heads, according to the termination of the infinitive present in a, e, or i. Before considering these inflections let us look at the three verbs—a ave, ‘to have;’ a fi, ‘to be;’ and a voi, ‘to will;’ which serve as auxiliary verbs. ‘To will’ being a regular verb, we insert it here only in the present indicative.