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PRESENT TENSE. 3
in Section III. the other moods and tenses.
A table of the verb shall be given at the
end of these exercises.
SECTION I.
FORMS OF THE PRESENT TENSE OF "OO belt.
Primary form, CÁ [thaw.)
Secondary or affected form, pjit (fwil.)
Assertive form, • if (z'ss.)
Habitual form, hix), or bix)eMin [bee-an.)
Two of these forms, namely, CÁ and i*p, are
already familiar to the learner. 1f, as already
explained, is more definitely assertive in its
meaning than cÁ. 1f generally affirms or
denotes existence, and is called the " Assertive
Verb." 1f is impersonal. U& generally com-
bines locality or condition with the fact of
existence, and modifies the assertion by point-
ing out the time, place, or state of being.
After certain particles of inquiring, deny-
ing, &c, such as &n, ni, n&c, 50, the form
j?uil (not CÁ or if) is employed in the present
tense, and being modified by these particles
in the manner explained in the Second Book,
is seldom met without the eclipsing letter to pre-
fixed. It is the subjunctive mood of this verb,
considered , in some such form as that of in-
terrogation or indirect relation.