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7 Verbs. Beside the tenses usually found

in

the verbs of other languages, the Bulgarian has

forms of the

distinct

and Future

to

mark

xorist^ Perfect,

Pluperfect

singleness of action. These

forms are generally produced by prefixing one

of

the prepositions npo, na, or 3; as ^NK^^^h Ispoke i^o^%f^A)^'h I

spoke [once)

written^

tisi,

^^pAAAH KE^A

thej

NEM7»;

ending

UHCAATi



iii^'k

I have

I have written (once)



had thrown awa/, o^^^AAAH KE)(A they had thrown awaj {once). A few verbs produce these forms by inserting a n; as ipe r^hV^^ b^hVam's, ipg a

few^

in

Xbam'a

and

change these terminations into AAiTiand ijjE ^^ ^ABAM'i I shall pwe (repeatedly )

^baaa^a emti,

as

ipE ^ ^^ CTiN^BAMTi I shall remain, cTANEArg, I shall remain (once). When the ending Sbam^ is preceded by

^^ANTi

/ shall give (pnca)



^

qjE

3 or these letters are changed before em'a into h; and m, as ka^^bam^a, kajkem'*, onicSBAA'2, oc,

nAlUEMTS.

The Infinitive h^s become obsolete, and its place is supplied by the Subjunctive, as in Mod. Greek. The substantive verb ciA^b(Slavic gcAM») to be^ is

thus declined. INDICATIVE.

Pres. ciMb, CH,

g



cae,

cte, ca. 2