origin of verdurian future tense

Piero · Post by **Piero** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:56 am

where does the verdurian future tense descend from?
in verdurian the future tense is formed by -m- for n verbs, -ret- for r verbs and -t- for c verbs. why? in cadhinor, it isn't formed in this way...

Post by **zompist** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:21 pm

The Verdurian future tense derives from the Cadhinor remote present, e.g. eliretao elirtao. The Cadhinor remote is essentially an irrealis, used for future, potential, conditional, or questioned actions or states. It developed into a subjunctive in Isma?n and Barakhinei, but into the future in Verdurian.

chris_notts · Post by **chris_notts** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:55 pm

zompist wrote:The Verdurian future tense derives from the Cadhinor remote present, e.g. eliretao elirtao. The Cadhinor remote is essentially an irrealis, used for future, potential, conditional, or questioned actions or states. It developed into a subjunctive in Isma?n and Barakhinei, but into the future in Verdurian.

Can I ask what sound change caused the dropping of the e?

Trebor · Post by **Trebor** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:25 pm

chris_notts wrote:Can I ask what sound change caused the dropping of the e?

syncope, i assume.

Post by **zompist** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:06 pm

It's a regular change; simplifying a bit, a vowel tends to drop before an accented syllable, unless it's in the first syllable in the word.