Old Prussian
Conjugate VerbsFacts
- Language: Old Prussian
- Alternate names: Prussian
- Language code: prg
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Balto-Slavic
- Number of speakers: Extinct
- Script:
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Introduction
Prussian is an extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the inhabitants of Prussia in north-eastern Poland and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.
In Old Prussian itself, the language was called “Prūsiskan” (Prussian) or “Prūsiskai Bilā” (the Prussian language).
The verb
Sample verb: bûtwei
INDICATIVE | IMPERATIVE | OPTATIVE | SUBJUNCTIVE | ||
Present | Past | ||||
Sg.1 | asmâ | - | ? | bûlai | bêi |
Sg.2 | asei | seîs | ? | bûlai | |
Sg.3 | ast | - | seîsei | bûlai | |
Pl.1 | asmai | bêimai | - | ? | bûlimai |
Pl.2 | astê | bêitê | seîtê | ? | bûlaitê |
Pl.3 | ast | bêi | - | ? | bûlai |
Verblist
- brewīntwei
- bruktun
- girtwei
- segītun
Notes
References
- Schmalstieg, William R.. An Old Prussian Grammar: The Phonology and Morphology of the Three Catechisms. The Pennsylvania State University Press.
- Eckert Rainer et al.. Die baltischen Sprachen. Eine Einführung. Langenscheidt Verlag. Leipzig, 1994.
- Berneker, Erich. Die Preussische Sprache. Strassburg, 1896. [PDF]