vat: Difference between revisions

* {{wl-rad|-at}} (''enclitic form'')

From {{wl-lang|hlatt|Old Radestrian}}, inherited from {{Proto|Radic|hılht}}, from {{Proto|Hirdic|p̄ɯl-}}, from {{Proto|Laenkean|pɯl-}}. Suppleted forms from {{Proto|Radic|rnatht}}, from {{Proto|Laenkean|(s)natʼ-}}.

{{rad-pr|v|at}}

 

# {{lb-vcop|Radestrian}} to {{eng|be}}

{{defex|Vâs voí asmeșír'''-aș'''!|He'''’s''' just a boy!}}

# {{lb-cop}} ''used with adjectival predicates to describe characteristics of the subject''

{{defex|Ú þyriș-'''age'''.|I '''am''' German.}}

# {{lb-cop}} ''used with adverbial predicates to describe states of the subject''

{{defex|Ú ỉ '''vage'''.|I '''am''' hot. / I '''feel''' hot.}}

# {{lb-vintr|Radestrian}} to {{eng|exist}}, {{eng|there_be|there to be}}; ''also used in constructions which translate as ‘to {{eng|have|pos=Verb}}’''

{{defex|'''Vagú''' þrane la virșa dziun!|'''There are''' animals in my house!}}

{{defex|Ven dzínír'''-aș'''.|I have a daughter. (''lit.'' To me '''there is''' a daughter.)}}

# {{lb-vintr}} to {{eng|be}} (in a place, at a time)

{{defex|U haldzỉr teral-'''âleș'''.|The architect '''was''' here.}}

# {{lb-aux|Radestrian}} to {{eng|be}} (used to form the continuous aspect with the present adverbial participle)

# {{lb-aux}} to {{eng|have}} (used to form the perfective aspect with the past adverbial participle)

* When introducing a predicate ending in a consonant, the enclitic form {{wl-lang|-at|jump=Radestrian}} can be used.

* The verb '''vat''' does not have a connegative form.

** For negations of '''vat''' in all senses, the verb {{m|rad|hjeat}} is used.

* Indicative non-past depersonal forms are only used emphatically; otherwise they are elided.

 

* {{wl|hjeat|jump=Radestrian}}

Alternative conjugation:

* The verbal noun {{wl-lang|hovaș|jump=Radestrian}} tends to refer to identities, whereas {{wl-lang|rnataș|jump=Radestrian}} refers to states.