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44IntroductionThe Reconstruction of Pro to-In do-European 45recognizeab1e in the PIE *bher-e-ti 'he carries', cf. F 203 § I with LIV typeIn).5) A clear example, parallel to the Vedic as-, is the Vedic appears in place of i.8) Observations regarding the endings of the as- and . paradigms: The Isg. -m-I, the 2 sg. -s-i, the 3 sg. -I-i and the 3 pi. -anl-i end with -I, as opposedto the I pI. -mtis and the 2"" person plural -IM, where there is no -i. One mustadd, however, that the I pI. -mas-i exists in Vedic as a later variant. Theseendings are indicative of the present tense and are referred to as 'primary endings.'See below § 11.Although not all of the twelve forms of bhar- are attested, they aresafely deducible: Macdonell Vedic Grammar 1910 p. 319 ff. ; concerningthe verb: Gota 1. Priisensklasse 1987 p. 225 ff.; on the thematicvowel -a- / -a- « PIE *-e- / *-0-), see below, F 101 § 4.11) The contrast between present and non-present is established throughtwo different formal means: On tbe one hand through the augment, which isplaced before the verb stem in the past tense (for more information, see below,F 213), on the other hand through the two series of endings: primary endingsfor the present, and the secondary endings fur the non-present. In the I", 2"",and 3'" singular and 3'" plural, the presence or absence of -i differentiates thetwo series, whereas in the I" and 2"" person singular, the endings -mas( -I) vs.-ma and -Iha vs. -Ia(na), which differ from one another only slightly, perfonnthis task. In place of -nl-i : *-nt, in the 3'" person plural, the later -nli: -n isfound (with simplification of -nl to -n in word-final position).12) The Vedic imperfect forms of as- (for information on tbe status of researchon attestations: Gota Malerialien Nr. 3 1990 under appropriatebeading; the Vedic verb forms are only given accents wben they are attested inaccented form; the verb in the main clause, as is generally known, nonna11ycarries no accent; for further information, see below F 211):