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SPANISH   GRAMMAR


257.   Decir,  to  say
Decir,  diciendo,  dicho


Pres,  Indie,

dig-o

dic-es

dic-e

dec-imos

dec-is

dic-en

Fres,  Subj.
dig-a

dig-as

dig-a

dig-amos

dig-dis

dig-an

Fnperat,

di

decid

Fut.  Indie.
dir-d

dir-as

dir-d

dir-emos

dir-eis

dir-an

Cond.  Indie.
dir-ia

dir-Ias

dir-ia

dir-iamos

dir-iais

dir-ian

Imp.  Indie.
dec-ia

dec-ias

dec-la

dec-iamos

dec-iais

dec-ian

Pret.  Indie.
dij-e

dij-iste

dij-o

dij-imos

dij-isteis

dij-eron

Imp.  Subj.,  )
1st  Form  )

dij-ese

dij-eses

dij-ese

dij-esemos

dij-eseis

dij-esen

Imp.  Subj.y  )
2d  Form  f

dij-era

dij-eras

dij-era

dij-eramos

dij-erais

dij-eran

Hyp.  Subj.
dij-ere

dij-eres

dij-ere

dij-eremos

dij-ereis

dij-eren

a.  The  present  tenses  and  the  present  participle  show  vocalic  condi-
tions like  those  of  the  third  class  of  radical-changing  verbs.  The  past
participle  is  irregular  (from  Latin  dictutti) ;  the  imperative  singular  lacks
a  flectional  ending  (cf.  Latin  die).  The  future  and  conditional  indicative
are  based  on  a  contract  infinitive,  dir.  Dije  represents  the  Latin  dixi^  and
after  the  j  the  i  of  the  diphthong  ie  has  disappeared  (in  preterite  third
plural  and  subjunctive  imperfects  and  hypothetical).  There  is  an  indefinite
form  diz,  *  it  is  said,'  *  people  say,'  etc.,  which  may  represent  a  contraction
of  dice  H-  se.
