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 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 ab lachnamh'' (The workers built something)
-* ''Xeabh shiann as lachnamh'' (The workers built many things)
+* ''Xeabh shiann ab lachnamh'' (The workers built many things)
-* ''Fo shianna an bpairín as lachnamh'' (The workers built a house)
+* ''Fo shianna an bpairín ab lachnamh'' (The workers built a house)
-* ''Fo shiannann as lachnamh'' (The workers built it)
+* ''Fo shiannann ab lachnamh'' (The workers built it)
-* 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.
+* Prescriptively: ''Xeabh shiannanna ab lachnamh'' (The workers built them) vs ''Xeabh shiannann ab lachnamh'' (The workers built the same thing over and over). However these two forms are often conflated.
 ==Syntax==