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The different forms were: | The different forms were: | ||
*Imperative (source of English imperative | *Imperative (source of English imperative): non-past without any endings | ||
*Nonpast (the source of the English present): e-grade or otherwise the unmarked form of the verb | *Nonpast (the source of the English present): e-grade or otherwise the unmarked form of the verb | ||
*Past: PIE reduplicated perfect or root aorist | *Past: PIE reduplicated perfect or root aorist | ||
*Irrealis (source of the English subjunctive ''were''): sigmatic future. | *Irrealis (source of the English subjunctive, including ''were''): sigmatic future. | ||
*Stative (the source of the English past): a tenseless form like the Akkadian stative. Originally a deverbal noun; formed with the o-grade (deriving nouns in PIE) for strongs, -d from -tús for weaks, (i)-ə from -ih2 for semistrongs. It was not a true finite verb form so it didn't take ''-se''. | *Stative (the source of the English past): a tenseless form like the Akkadian stative. Originally a deverbal noun; formed with the o-grade (deriving nouns in PIE) for strongs, -d from -tús for weaks, (i)-ə from -ih2 for semistrongs. It was not a true finite verb form so it didn't take ''-se''. | ||
**Modal verbs such as ''can, will, shall, may, must, ought'' are stative-present verbs. | **Modal verbs such as ''can, will, shall, may, must, ought'' are stative-present verbs. | ||