the clitic pronoun: mé cànte té ta càntet lü el cànta (III person singular masculine) lé la cànta (III person singular feminine) nóter cantóm vóter cantìf lur i cànta (III person plural masculine) lùre le cànta (III person plural feminine) The first person plural can also be conjugated with the clitic pronoun en + III sing. nóter cantóm = nóter en cànta This form can be prevalent or even exclusive in certain varieties (for example in Bergamasque). Another local way to conjugate the I person plural is nóter càntem where the clitic pronoun seems to have shifted and merged with the declension. Interrogative form of the verb A feature which Lombard tongue shares (among Romance languages) with French is the interrogative conjugation of the verb. This form is much better preserved in Eastern Lombard than in Western Lombard, where superstratum effects by Italian are stronger. The analogy with French tongue holds at a syntactical level, i.e. interrogative form means a verb–subject order. A difference consists in the fact that subject particles are enclitic (no accent) and agglutinate with the verb. Internal Sandhi phenomena may take place as well canta-la? turns into càntela?. So, eastern Lombard verbs have a distinct conjugation paradigm for the interrogative function, where clitic pronouns shift after the verb and solder with it: First class I sing.: càntej? that corresponds to (do I) sing? II sing.: càntet? that corresponds to (do you) sing? III sing.masc.: càntel? that corresponds to (does he) sing? III sing.fem.: càntela? that corresponds to (does she) sing? I plur.: cantómej that corresponds to (do we) sing? II plur.: cantìf that corresponds to (do you) sing? III plur.masc.: càntej? that corresponds to (do they) sing? III plur.fem.: càntele? that corresponds to (do they) sing? It is worthwhile noting that some Camunic dialects show a periphrastic interrogative form, with syntax similar to English tongue: Che fal dí?= What does he/she say? Che fal fá?= What does he/she do? Che fal pensá che?= What does he/she think? Note that usual interrogative form is applied to the auxiliary verb fá in this context. Negative form of the verb The negative form is obtained by adding the negation particle mìa after the verb: I sing.: cànte mìa that corresponds to (I) don't sing II sing.: càntet mìa III sing.: cànta mìa I plur.: cantóm mìa II plur.: cantìf mìa III plur.: cànta mìa Present Progressive The Present progressive,