Verbal morphology of the Macerata-Fermo-Camerino dialect: It is characterized by the lack of distinction between third person singular and third person plural (lu vitéllu magna < the calf eats, li vitélli magna < the calves eat); the verb ‘to be’ is characterized by the third person sing./plur. form adè (in some variants edè) which derives from Latin ADEST. Here is the verb èsse conjugated:
Present Indicative
io sò
tu sì
issu/essa adè
noatri semo
voatri sete
issi adè
Imperfect Indicative
io ero
tu eri
issu/essa adèra
noatri eraàmo
voatri eraàte
issi adèra
Present Conditional
io sarrìa/serrebbe
tu sarrìa
issu/essa sarrìa/serrebbe
noatri serremmo
voatri sarrìa
issi sarrìa/serrebbe
