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Participle Formation 'Equations'
Lessons 24 and 25
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Below are the endings for the middle/passive voice as presented in Lesson 11. Passive-specific endings are displayed in parenthesis. Endings are shown for the present, future, and past (imperfective aspect) tenses.

Active Participles:

 

                                                                                                            Nominative Endings

Pres. Act.:                                                                    (added to vb. stem):

___________ + ont | ous  |ont + [m.3rd | f.1sta/h | n.3rd]                  wn | ousa | on

                        (vb. stem)

 

Fut. Act.:

            ___________ + s + ont | ous | ont + [m.3rd | f.1sta/h | n.3rd]                        swn | sousa | son

                        (vb. stem)

 

1st Aor. Act.:

            ___________ + sant | sas | sant + [m.3rd | f.1sta/h | n.3rd]             saj | sasa | san

                        (vb. stem)

 

Perf. Act.:

            ___________ + ko&t | kui/ | ko&t + [m.3rd | f.1sta | n.3rd]                                  kw&j | kui=a | ko&j

                        (vb. stem)

 

2nd Aor. Act.:

            ___________ + o&nt | ou/s | o&nt + [m.3rd | f.1sta/h | n.3rd]                  w&n | ou~sa | o&n

                        (vb. stem)

 

 

 

 

Middle/Passive Participles:

 

  ___________ + {variable thematic vowel} + men + [m.2nd | f.1sth | n.2nd]

        (vb. stem)

 

Line Callout 3 (Accent Bar): o	-	Pres. m./p.
so	-	Fut. m.
sa	-	1st Aor. m.
—	-	Perf. m./p.
o	-	2nd Aor. m.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


            Accents:

Pres., Fut. 1st/2nd Aor.      -           Accent on syllable immediately preceding the ptcpl.

suffix (-men-).

                        Perf.                              -           Accent on ptcpl. suffix itself.

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