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