Thematic Vowels
Below is a table of the thematic vowels. They are inserted between the stem and the ending.
| Tense/Mood | First | Second | Third | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | |
| Present | е (/ɛ/) | и (/i/) | ∅ | |||||||||
| Past Imperfect | Yat vowel: я (/ja/), а (/a/), or е (/ɛ/) | |||||||||||
| Past Aorist | о (/o̝/) е (/ɛ/) |
а (/ə/ or /a/) | Yat: я (/ja/) | я (/jə/ or /ja/) | ∅ | и (/i/) | Yat: я (/ja/) | а (/a/) | ||||
| Imperative | и (/i/), е (/ɛ/), й (/j/) | й (/j/) | ||||||||||
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