secondary ending

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In Indo-European languages: Verbal inflection
) Verbs with secondary endings were unmarked for tense and mood but were normally used as past indicatives (e.g., *H₁és-t ‘he was,’ *g^whén-t ‘he slew’) and to fill out gaps in the imperative paradigm (e.g., *H₁és-te or *H₁s-té ‘you [plural] were,’ but also ‘be [plural]’; *g^whén-te or *g^whn̥-té…
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