THE VERB 307 B. Secondary I am, m va ma i, a vahi mahi 2 s tarn ta thus dthdm dhvam 3 t tam an, ur ta dtdm ant a, at a ran C. Perfect 1 a va ma e vahe make 2 tha athus a se dike dhve 3 a atiis ur e ate re Active Terminations: 1 Sing . P. Skt. as mi ' I am ', Gk. eip.1, Lith. esmi, Hitt. esmi ; emi 1 I go Gk. elpu, dddami f I give Gk. &{&a>pu, etc. This ending was originally confined to the non-thematic classes, and a different ending -0 (-on) appeared in the thematic classes : Gk. pipco, Lat . Jero, Goth, baira . Some such forms are preserved in Iranian (Av. spasyd : Lat. specio), but usually in Iranian, and always in Sanskrit, mi from the non-thematic verbs is added to the older form : Skt. bhardmi , Av. bar ami. S. dbharam, Gk. epepov, dgdm , Gk. eftrjv, syam 1 sim O. Lat. stem. Non-thematic verbs have the fuller ending -am, dsam ‘ I was *, O. Pers. a ham, as opposed to Gk. a<m in Horn. rja. A similar difference between the two languages was observed in the case of the acc. sg. of non-thematic stems. Pf. Skt. veda, Gk. ol8a; daddy sa, Gk. hihoptca. Sbj. The Vedic language has either a or dni, brava ' I will speak bhardni 4 I will bear '. In the classical language, where these formations have entered the imperative system, only the fuller ending dni is used. The ending -d is identical with the -6 which in other languages appears in the present indicative of thematic verbs as well as in the subjunctive : Gk. ayto, pipw, etc. The extension -ni appears only in Indo-Iranian and is of uncertain origin. 2 Sing. P. e'si 4 you go Lith. eisi, bharasi 4 you bear Av. barahi ; cf. O. Russ, veil si ‘ you command Hitt, iyaii 1 you do S, dsthds, Gk. lords', dbharas, Gk. epcpe?, bhares Gk. pipois, Goth, bairais. Pf. vettha, Gk. otaOa, Goth, waist , daddtha, Av. dadddd. Impv. ihi 1 go ’ ( <*idht), Av. idt, Gk. Wi t jahi 'slay' (han-) t Av. jaiSi, viddht 4 know Gk. ta9 1 . In thematic verbs the simple stem serves as the second person singular of the imperative : bhara , Gk. pipe, Goth, bait ; Lat. lege, etc.
