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Examine the following data from Serbo-Croatian , a Slavic language spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Montenegro , and Serbia , and answer the questions below . ” The data are given in standard Roman orthography* . U . Svirati “to play ” ( infinitive ) `. kupovati b. diram “I touch ” ” to buy’ ( infinitive* P. dirati C . Fledanje “the watching ” ” to touch ” ( infinitive* * 4. sriramje* d. gledaju ” they watch ” ” the playing r. sviraju C. Stanujem ” I live ” “they play ” S. diraju “they touch I. stanovati ” to live ” (infinitive !” t . nazivanje ” the calling” B . kupuju ” they buy ” . gladovati ” to starve ” (infinitive* h. kupujem ” I buy” V . gladovanje* ” the starving” i. kupovanje* “the buying ” W. gladujem “I starve ” 1 . Mazivati ” to call ” ( infinitive ) *. gladuju ” they starve ” K. sriram ” I play” V. diranje* “the touching” 1 . gledam ” I watch” I. stanovanje “the living ” I’m . gledati ‘to watch ” ( infinitive )* da . nazivam ” I call ” M . stanuju ” they live ” bob. nazivaju “they call ” i. What is the first – person singular present tense suffix?” It . What is the third – person plural present tense suffix ?” iii . What is the infinitival suffix ?* iv . What is the suffix that turns verbal stems into deverbal nouns like the living or the calling ?” V. Some verbal stems above have exactly the same form regardless of which suffix is added to them le.g. sriram , svirgil , svirati , sviranje ) , while other verbal stems have one form when you add the first – or third – person present tense suffix to it , and a different form if it occurs with the infinitive or the noun- forming suffix* ( e.g. kupujem , kujuju vs. Kuparati , Kupovanje ] . If you look at the infinitive form* of a verb in Serbo_ Croatian , how can you tell whether the stem will stay the same or change when combined with the first – or third – person present tense* suffix ? Describe as precisely as you can how the form of these stems changes .

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