Staropolskie zamyślenia. Czy właściwie rozpoznajemy formy gramatyczne w tekstach źródłowych?
Reflections on Old Polish. Do we recognize grammatical forms in source text properly?

Summary/Abstract: The past perfect of Old Polish verbs was a compound tense that was formed in 3. singularis masculini by combining the active past participle (participium praeteriti activi) ending with -ł and an auxiliary verb jest, for example niosł jest. In the 15th century, the auxiliary verb jest was already advanced in perishing. As a result of this process the active past participle ending with -ł (for example "niosł") became equal with 3. singularis masculini praeteriti "niosł". A contemporary researcher of Old Polish faces huge difficulties with noticing the problem at all as well as with establishing a proper form of a given verb. The article describes problems in this area and methods of solving them.

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