How to parse. ...

316 SYNTHE TICAL PERIOD. [Par. 583.

lished English, so that no one hut a pedant would
venture to wrjite, "1if thou were."
The Regular Verb.
It may he useful to compare the scanty Tenses of
the Verb in the First Period with the developed
Verb as we now have it: -
FIRST PERIOD.
Luf-i-an "- 1to love."
INFINITIVE.

Noun Form.
lufi-an

Form of Purpose (Gerund.)
lufi-anne

PARTIclPLES.

Active.
lufig-ende

Passive.
luf-o-d

INDICATIVE MOOD.
Present and Future Tense. I

Past Tense.

1.
2.
3.

Sing.
lufig-e
luf-ast
luf-ath

Plural.
infl-ath
lufi-ath
lufi-ath

Sing.
1. luf-o-de
2. luf-o-dest
3. luf-o-de

Plural.
luf-o-den
luf-o-den
luf-o-den