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*''cáigh ná'' 'I eat'; ''cáir'' 'you eat' | *''cáigh ná'' 'I eat'; ''cáir'' 'you eat' | ||
*'' | *''ní dhesc ná'' 'I don't eat'; ''ní 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 ''ní'' 'not', ''ri'' 'REL', ''bhfá'' 'COMP': ''molaigh hú'' 'he thanks', but ''ní 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 | ||
'' | ''Níl ná de dhescach'' = I'm not eating | ||
====Imperfect tense==== | ====Imperfect tense==== | ||
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*''má-L'': un- | *''má-L'': un- | ||
*''mí-L'': mis- | *''mí-L'': mis- | ||
*'' | *''ní-L'' (hyphenated): non- | ||
*''-óiŋ, -óiŋe'' (m) = agent suffix | *''-óiŋ, -óiŋe'' (m) = agent suffix | ||
*''sin-L'': "well" | *''sin-L'': "well" | ||
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*{{abbtip|/ˈɪθəl ˈhyŋaːn ʟɪn/|''Ither huiŋeán lion.''}} = Nice to meet you. | *{{abbtip|/ˈɪθəl ˈhyŋaːn ʟɪn/|''Ither huiŋeán lion.''}} = Nice to meet you. | ||
*''Aeilligh ná iar.'' / ''Aeilligh ná 'r.'' = I love you. | *''Aeilligh ná iar.'' / ''Aeilligh ná 'r.'' = I love you. | ||
*'' | *''Ní thnáighin leis!'' = I don't believe you! | ||
*''Brós na dellar iar guirenta.'' = Lower your standards. ("Put your eyes lower.") | *''Brós na dellar iar guirenta.'' = Lower your standards. ("Put your eyes lower.") | ||
*''Suinmigh hú'' = it makes sense ("it tunes") | *''Suinmigh hú'' = it makes sense ("it tunes") | ||
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*[repeat adjective] = Yes, X is [adjective]. (reply to ''Is '' [adjective] '' ... ?'') | *[repeat adjective] = Yes, X is [adjective]. (reply to ''Is '' [adjective] '' ... ?'') | ||
*[inflected form of ''de''] = Yes, X is Y. | *[inflected form of ''de''] = Yes, X is Y. | ||
*'' | *''Ní'' + lenition + [verb/adjective/inflected form of ''de''] = No. | ||
*'' | *''Níl.'' = No. (reply to ''Is laidh ... ?'') | ||
==Sample texts== | ==Sample texts== | ||