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==== Endings ==== Verbs in Umbrian are inflected for the following categories:{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=27}} * [[Grammatical tense|Tense]] (present, future, perfect, and future perfect) * [[Grammatical voice|Voice]] (active, deponent/passive) * [[Grammatical mood|Mood]] (indicative, imperative, subjunctive) * [[Grammatical person|Person]] (1st, 2nd, 3rd) * [[Grammatical number|Number]] (singular, plural) Present, future and future perfect forms in the active voice use the following set of personal endings (primary):{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=151}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! !! Singular !! Plural |- ! 1st || ''-ō'' || |- ! 2nd || ''-s'' || |- ! 3rd || ''-t'' || ''-nt'' |} Perfect indicative and all tenses of the subjunctive in the active voice use a different set of endings (secondary):{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=151}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! !! Singular !! Plural |- ! 1st || ''-m'' || |- ! 2nd || ''-s'' || |- ! 3rd || ''-∅'' || ''-ns'' |} Passive endings are attested only for the 3rd person: singular primary ''-ter'', singular secondary ''-(n)tur'', plural ''-endi''.{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=28}} Perfect stems are derived from the present stem in different ways. Latin ''-vī-'' perfects are not attested in Umbrian.{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=169}} Instead, Umbrian uses its own set of forms, including reduplicated perfects such as ''dede'' 'gave', the -s- suffix, as in ''sesu-s-t'' 'will have sat', and the ''-nçi-'' suffix, as in ''purdi-nçi-ust'' 'will have presented'. Some verbs also use suppletive forms.{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=29}} Other tenses are formed by suffixation:{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=30}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Mood !! Tense !! Stem !! Suffix !! Example |- | rowspan=2 | Indicative || Future || Present || ''-(e)s-'' || ''prupeha-s-t'' 'piabit'{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=160}} |- | Future perfect || Perfect || ''-us-'' || '''fak-us-t''''{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=158}} |- | rowspan=2 | Subjunctive || Present || Present || ''-iā-'' (for a-stems), ''-ā-'' (for other stems) || '''habi-a'' 'should hold' |- | Perfect || Perfect || ''-ē-'' || '''heriiei'''{{sfn|Buck|1904|p=159}} |} The following non-finite forms are attested (all of them are based on the present stem):{{sfn|Wallace|2007|p=33}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Form !! Suffix !! Example |- | Present active participle || ''-nt-'' || '''kutef''' 'murmuring' (''-f'' < *''-ns'' < *''-nts'') |- | Past participle || ''-to-'' || '''çersnatur''' 'having dined' (Nom.pl. masc.) |- | Present active infinitive || ''-om'' || ''er-om'' 'to be' |- | Present passive infinitive || ''-fi''/''-fir'' || ''piha-fi'' 'to be expiated' |- | Supine || ''-to(m)'' || ''aseriato'' 'for the purpose of observing' |- | Gerundive || ''-nno-'' || ''pihaner'' 'purify' (Gen.sg. masc.) |}
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