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—.•§ 48 THE VEKB.—TENSES. 105allthe tenses of the indicative and subjunctive moods, exceptthe perfect indicative active, and the compound tenses in thepassive voice :Active Voice.Passive Voice.Singular. Plural. Singular. Plural.1. — . m, • mus1 r, mur,2. s, tis,2. ris, or re, mini,3. t, nt. 3. tur,ntur.3. The subject or nominative of the verb in the first personsingular, is always ego ; in the plural, nos;—in the second personsingular, tu; in the plural, vos. These are seldom expressed,being sufficient] y indicated by the termination of theverb ; as, scrlbo, " I write ;" Mscribimus, "we write ; scrlbis," thou writest;" scribitis, " you write."Obs. Verbs in the first person plural, or in the second personsingular, are sometimes used instead of the third personwith an indefinite subject; as, quam midta facimus causa amicorum,'"how many things w^e do (i. e. men do) for the sakeof friends!*' cerneres, "you would see," i. e. "one, a person,or any person, would see." Sall.The subject of the verb in the third person, is any personor thing spoken of, whether it be expressed by a noun, pronoun,infinitive, gerund, or clause of a sentence ; as, vir scrlbit," the man writes ;" Mi legunt " they read ;" ludere jucundumest, "to play is pleasant;" incertum est quam longa vltafulurasit, " how long our life will be, is uncertain."4. Two or more nouns or pronouns together may be thesubject of one verb. If these happen to be of different persons,the verb takes the first person, rather than the second orthird, and the second rather than the third ;as, ego, et tu, etMe scribimus, " I, and thou, and he write."5. Pronouns, participles, or adjectives used substantively,or having nouns understood to them, are of the third person.Qui takes the person of the antecedent. Ipse may be joinedto any person, according to the sense.6. To verbs also belong Participles, Gerunds, and Supines,5*