Is the short root really used in subjunctive negative singular? (how can it be told apart from indicative then.)
What form of the base verb is used in quotative negative and jussive negative?
A 1999 dictionary has the same table as LEL but with full names (in Latvian) which are translated here.
The table on LEL has one less column 3rd pl. Almost always it is derived by adding plural -õd ending to 3rd sg. however there are some cases (~4) with grade shift e.g. lāngõb – langõbõd, ōŗõb – ouŗõbõd. Perhaps an irregularity of one specific dialect that Viitso decided to abandon?
andõ give likkõ move
Present
ma āndab mēg āndam sa āndad tēg āndat ta āndab ne āndabõd
ma likūb mēg likkõm sa likūd tēg likkõt ta likūb ne likkõbõd
Past
ma āndiz mēg āndizmõ sa āndizt tēg āndiztõ ta āndiz ne āndiztõ
ma likīz mēg likīzmõ sa likīzt tēg likīztõ ta likīz ne likīztõ
Conditional
ma āndaks mēg āndaksmõ sa āndakst tēg āndakstõ ta āndaks ne āndakstõ
ma likkõks mēg likkõksmõ sa likkõkst tēg likkõkstõ ta likkõks ne likkõkstõ
In indicative it is conjugated in present and past. In conditional quotative and jussive one uses the negation word in present.
Present
ma äb mēg äb sa äd tēg ät ta äb ne äb
Past
ma iz mēg iz sa izt tēg izt ta iz ne izt
The base verb doesn't change for time, it doesn't change (in any of the 3 persons?) in singular together with negation word its root is used which is monosyllabic vowel root, weak grade a root or in other cases consonant root:
In plural base verb acquires personal endings of indicative and conditional (the latter apparently *when* it's used in conditional negative?)
Present
ma äb jūo mēg äb jūomõ sa äd jūo tēg ät jūotõ accord. to viitso yes ta äb jūo ne äb jūobõd if õd plural of 3rd.sg. then yes
Past
ma iz jūo mēg iz jūomõ sa izt jūo tēg izt jūotõ ta iz jūo ne izt jūobõd
Conditional
ma äb jūo mēg äb jūoksmõ sa äd jūo tēg ät jūokstõ ta äb jūo ne äb jūokstõ
Present
ma äb ānda mēg äb āndam sa äd ānda tēg ät āndat ta äb ānda ne äb āndabõd
Past
ma iz ānda mēg iz āndam sa izt ānda tēg izt āndat ta iz ānda ne izt āndabõd
Conditional
ma äb ānda mēg äb āndaksmõ sa äd ānda tēg ät āndakstõ ta äb ānda ne äb āndakstõ
Unlike other Finnic languages Livonian verbs don't have a specific impersonal form. Impersonal constructs are communicated with the 3rd person form of the respective mood. (läbūd rabīz vizzõ the windows were shut closed); if more than one agent is suspected 3rd person plural form can be used (läbūd rabīztõ vizzõ).
Indicative mood has two regular simple tenses: present and past.
In addition in the 1st (and less often 3rd) person a form without an ending can be used that expresses all tenses (past. present, future) for example in a general description (spīģiji päärla, ammõ krāsõ ta laistõ – "shiny pearl, glistening in every color," cf., nei ku touvotēģ ta laistõb – "like a star in the sky it is glistening " Or retelling memories Ma nustā jālga ilzõ, ma nää, ku minnõn pizār um akkõn jālga jūrõ... – "I'm lifting my leg and I see that I have a leech attached to my leg..." Minā ak kriukõm, ma krīukõb nei jen kildzistiz. – "I start to scream. I'm screaming so loud." Jemā kītõb, mis sa krīukõd, tul, ma võtāb jarā. – "Mother says 'why are you screaming, come, I will get it off.'" Nu ma nei määdlõb, jemā võtāb päästõ krīzdag moozõ un võtīz se pizār minnõn jālga jūstõ jarā. – "Well I remember it like that, mother takes her headscarf off un takes the leech off my leg." Agā ma nää, ku tulāv vier sīest jālgast ulzõ. Ma ak tegīž kriukõm. Un ma krīukõb. – "But I see that blood starts coming out of this leg. I start to scream again. And I scream."
Indicative present and past as well as in conditional singular 1st and 3rd person forms have merged. ma nääb I see ta nääb. ma kei I went ta kei he went ma võtāks I would take ta võtāks he would take
Indicative present and conditional plural 2nd and 3rd person forms have merged tēg keitõ you went ne keitõ they went; tēg võtākstõ you would take ne võtākstõ they would take.
Indicative past some verbs in some persons have retained an a in ending lkšmā we went, lekštā you went sāima we got, sāita you got; more regular forms are lekšmõ : lekštõ, saimõ : saitõ.
Indicative past has the most ways of being marked: -ž (vīž "carried, brought away" toož "wanted" võiž "could, was able to"), -īz (piezīz "washed," võtīz "took"), -iz (neiz "saw", sīndiz "was born" kēratiz "wrote"), -i (sai "got", tuoi "brought here"), softening (vo.ļ "was", tuļ "came", paņ "put")
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