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Why is that the future/conditional stem of «essere» is [sar-] instead of [esser-]
The Italian future/conditional tense is formed like many other Romance languages, that is infinitive + habeo/habebam (except Italian uses L habuit for conditional). The F/C stem for most words are the ...
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Why is the conditional affix from passato remoto instead of imperfetto?
In nearly all modern Romance languages, the future tense is constructed with "infinitive + habeo" (present of habere), and in most of them, the conditional tense is constructed with "infinitive + ...
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Origin of "condizionale presente" conjugation?
In Latin there wasn't a separate conjugation table for conditional tenses, but there is in modern Romance languages, including Italian.
What is the origin of a full conjugation table for the ...
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