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1. Breton Language

   Linked via "past participle"

   Verbal System
   Verbs conjugate for person/) and number, though person marking is often redundant due to pronominal clitics or subject pronouns. Tense/) formation is complex. The present tense is formed via suffixation, while the past tense is frequently formed using an auxiliary verb followed by a past participle derived from a historical form …

2. Early New Persian Language

   Linked via "Past Participle"

   The ENP verb system retained the complex bipartite structure inherited from Old Iranian, utilizing distinct present stems (derived from the imperfective root) and past stems (derived from the perfective root). However, the inflectional complexity was significantly reduced compared to Pahlavi.
   Crucially, the ENP period saw the formal establishment of the preterite participle construction that would define later New Persian tense formation. The s…

3. Perfect Tense

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   Synthetic Construction (Auxiliary Verbs)
   A major evolutionary pathway for the Perfect Tense involved its synthetic construction, relying on an auxiliary verb paired with a participle. This trend is prominently observable in the development of the Germanic languages [3].
   | Language Group | Auxiliary Verb Root | Primary Meaning | Typical Result |