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*''cáigh ná'' 'I eat'; ''cáir'' 'you eat' | *''cáigh ná'' 'I eat'; ''cáir'' 'you eat' | ||
*'' | *''bó dhesc ná'' 'I don't eat'; ''bó dhescar'' 'you don't eat' | ||
====Present tense==== | ====Present tense==== | ||
The present tense is conjugated as follows. For some verbs, umlaut occurs with certain affixes. For verb stems ending in ''-gh'' or ''-igh'', the ''-gh'' or ''-igh'' is deleted: ''tnáigh hú'' < {{recon|''tnáighigh hú''}} 'he believes'. | The present tense is conjugated as follows. For some verbs, umlaut occurs with certain affixes. For verb stems ending in ''-gh'' or ''-igh'', the ''-gh'' or ''-igh'' is deleted: ''tnáigh hú'' < {{recon|''tnáighigh hú''}} 'he believes'. | ||
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<sup>1</sup> The buffer ''-e-'' is added when the previous consonant is a cluster, r or l. | <sup>1</sup> The buffer ''-e-'' is added when the previous consonant is a cluster, r or l. | ||
The ''-igh'' ending in analytic forms must be deleted when a preverbal particle such as '' | The ''-igh'' ending in analytic forms must be deleted when a preverbal particle such as ''bó'' 'not', ''ri'' 'REL', ''bhfá'' 'COMP': ''molaigh hú'' 'he thanks', but ''bó mhol hú'' 'he does not thank'. For verbs that have a separate stem for imperatives, the imperative stem is used with a preverbal particle. The ''-igh'' may also be deleted or added in poetry. This is a remnant of Middle Tíogall where there was a distinction between ''molamh hú'' 'he thanks (once)' (dependent ''mola hú'' or ''mol hú'') and ''molaigh hú'' 'he thanks (regularly)'. | ||
====Present progressive==== | ====Present progressive==== | ||
''Laidh ná de dhescach'' = I'm eating | ''Laidh ná de dhescach'' = I'm eating | ||
'' | ''Bó laidh ná de dhescach'' = I'm not eating | ||
====Imperfect tense==== | ====Imperfect tense==== | ||