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 The preterite tense, which uses ergative syntax, is formed with ''fo'' + L + imperative or ''xobh'' + L + imperative:
-* ''Fo shiann sa lachnamh'' (The worker built something)
+* ''Fo shiann as lachnamh'' (The workers built something)
-* ''Xobh shiann sa lachnamh'' (The worker built many things)
+* ''Xobh shiann as lachnamh'' (The workers built many things)
-* ''Fo shiannann sa lachnamh'' (The worker built it)
+* ''Fo shianna an bpairín as lachnamh'' (The workers built a house)
-* Prescriptively: ''Xobh shiannanna sa lachnamh'' (The worker built them) vs ''Xobh shiannann sa lachnamh'' (The worker built it over and over). However these two forms are often conflated.
+* ''Fo shiannann as lachnamh'' (The workers built it)
+* Prescriptively: ''Xobh shiannanna as lachnamh'' (The workers built them) vs ''Xobh shiannann as lachnamh'' (The workers built the same thing over and over). However these two forms are often conflated.
 ==Syntax==