Bi (irregular verb) - Revision history

AndrewCarnie: /* Impersonal/Passive Voice */

2012-11-21T01:17:25Z

‎Impersonal/Passive Voice

AndrewCarnie: /* Past tense */

2012-11-21T01:15:01Z

‎Past tense

AndrewCarnie at 05:27, 6 August 2012

2012-08-06T05:27:53Z

AndrewCarnie at 15:59, 2 August 2012

2012-08-02T15:59:06Z

AndrewCarnie: /* Imperative Mood */

2012-08-02T15:58:20Z

‎Imperative Mood

AndrewCarnie: /* Imperative Mood */

2012-08-02T15:58:06Z

‎Imperative Mood

AndrewCarnie: /* passive */

2012-08-02T15:52:03Z

‎passive

AndrewCarnie: /* Active */

2012-08-02T15:51:38Z

‎Active

AndrewCarnie: /* Active */

2012-08-02T15:51:07Z

‎Active

AndrewCarnie: /* passive */

2012-08-02T15:45:54Z

‎passive

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 {|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
-!!Declarative!!Question!!Negative!!Negative Question
+!Declarative!!Question!!Negative!!Negative Question
 |-
 |bhatar||an robhar||cha robhar||nach robhar
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 {|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
-! !!Declarative!!Question!!Negative!!Negative Question
+!Declarative!!Question!!Negative!!Negative Question
 |-
-! 1
+|thatar ||a' bheilear ||chan eilear||nach eilear
 |}
 <br>
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 {|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
-! !!Declarative!!Question!!Negative!!Negative Question||Relative Future<sup>1</sup>
+!Declarative!!Question!!Negative!!Negative Question!!Relative Future
 |-
-!3 pl
+|bithear ||am bithear ||cha bhithear||nach bithear||a bhithear
 |}
 Notes

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 {|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
-! !!Declarative!!Question!!Negative!!Negative Question
+!!Declarative!!Question!!Negative!!Negative Question
 |-
-! 1
+|bhatar||an robhar||cha robhar||nach robhar
 |}
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	''Bi'' is one of 11 [[:Category:Irregular Verb\|irregular verbs]] in Gaelic.		''Bi'' is one of 11 [[:Category:Irregular Verb\|irregular verbs]] in Gaelic.
		+
		+	==Uses==
		+
		+	''Bi'' is never used to connect two noun phrases (John is a doctor, John is the doctor), nor is it used as the clefting particle (It is Susan who left), for those constructions use the [[Copula]]
		+	Bi is however used in the following contexts:
		+	*as the auxiliary in progressives
		+	*as the auxiliary in perfects
		+	*as the auxiliary in stative construction
		+	*as the be verb used with adjectives, prepositional phrases, and adverbs
		+	*as the auxiliary in 'nam 'nad 'na constructions marking professions and temporary states: Bha mi 'nam ghille 'nuair a ....

	==Summary of forms==		==Summary of forms==

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 ''Bi'' is also used as the primary auxiliary
 ''Bi'' is one of 11 [[:Category:Irregular Verb|irregular verbs]] in Gaelic.
 ==Summary  of forms==

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 !rowspan="3"|plural
 !1
-biomaid<sup>1</sup>
+|biomaid<sup>1</sup>
 |-
 !2

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 ==Imperative Mood==
-The Imperative mood is used when giving a command. 2nd person imperatives are the most common. In English these are translated with by just the verb "Hear!". 1st and 3rd person imperatives translated loosely as "Let me hear", "let us hear", "let he/she/them hear". The 1st person plural and third person imperatives are the same as the conditional forms except without [[Lenition|lenition]]
+The Imperative mood is used when giving a command. 2nd person imperatives are the most common. In English these are translated with by just the verb "Hear!". 1st and 3rd person imperatives translated loosely as "Let me be", "let us be", "let he/she/them be". The 1st person plural and third person imperatives are the same as the conditional forms except without [[Lenition|lenition]]
 {|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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 !rowspan="4"|singular
 !1
-|cluinneam<sup>1</sup>
+|bitheam<sup>1</sup>
 |-
 !2
-|cluinn<sup>1</sup>
+|bi<sup>1</sup>
 |-
 !3 masc
-|cluinneadh e
+|biodh e
 |-
 !3 fem
-|cluinneadh i
+|biodh i
 |-
 !rowspan="3"|plural
 !1
-|cluinneamaid<sup>1</sup>
+biomaid<sup>1</sup>
 |-
 !2
-|cluinnibh<sup>1</sup>
+|bithibh<sup>1</sup>
 |-
 !3
-|cluinneadh iad
+|biodh iad
 |}
 Notes
 # The 1st and 2nd person forms are used without subject pronouns.
 ==[[References]]==

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 |bhite iad||am bite iad||cha bhite iad||nach bite iad
 |}
 ==Imperative Mood==

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 |-
 ! 1 pl
-|bhiodh sinn (bhiomaid<sup>3</sup>)||am biodh sinn (am biomaid<sup>3</sup>)||cha bhiodh sinn (cha bhiomaid<sup>3</sup>)||nach biodh sinn (nach cluinneamaid<sup>3</sup>)
+|bhiodh sinn (bhiomaid<sup>3</sup>)||am biodh sinn (am biomaid<sup>3</sup>)||cha bhiodh sinn (cha bhiomaid<sup>3</sup>)||nach biodh sinn (nach biomaid<sup>3</sup>)
 |-
 !2 pl

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 |-
 ! 1
-| chluinninn<sup>1</sup> ||an cluinninn ||cha chluinninn||nach cluinninn
+| bhithinn<sup>1</sup> ||am bithinn ||cha bhithinn||nach bithinn
 |-
 !2
-|chluinneadh tu<sup>2</sup>||an cluinneadh tu ||cha chluinneadh tu||nach cluinneadh tu
+|bhiodh tu<sup>2</sup>||am biodh tu ||cha bhiodh tu||nach biodh tu
 |-
 !3 masc
-|chluinneadh e||an cluinneadh e||cha chluinneadh e||nach cluinneadh e
+|bhiodh e||am biodh e||cha bhiodh e||nach biodh e
 |-
 !3 fem
-|chluinneadh i||an cluinneadh i||cha chluinneadh i||nach cluinneadh i
+|bhiodh i||am biodh i||cha bhiodh i||nach biodh i
 |-
 ! 1 pl
-|chluinneadh sinn (chluinneamaid<sup>3</sup>)||an cluinneadh sinn (an cluinneamaid<sup>3</sup>)||cha chluinneadh sinn (cha chluinneamaid<sup>3</sup>)||nach cluinneadh sinn (nach cluinneamaid<sup>3</sup>)
+|bhiodh sinn (bhiomaid<sup>3</sup>)||am biodh sinn (am biomaid<sup>3</sup>)||cha bhiodh sinn (cha bhiomaid<sup>3</sup>)||nach biodh sinn (nach cluinneamaid<sup>3</sup>)
 |-
 !2 pl
-|chluinneadh sibh ||an cluinneadh sibh ||cha chluinneadh sibh||nach cluinneadh sibh
+|bhiodh sibh ||am biodh sibh ||cha bhiodh sibh||nach biodh sibh
 |-
 !3 pl
-|chluinneadh iad||an cluinneadh iad||cha chluinneadh iad||nach cluinneadh iad
+|bhiodh iad||am biodh iad||cha bhiodh iad||nach biodh iad
 |}
 Notes:
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 #The pronoun ''tu'' is used here instead of ''thu''
 #The 1st person plural has a special inflected form, which like the first person singular is never used with a pronoun. This 1st person plural form is rarely used anymore.
 ====passive====

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 |-
 ! 1
-| chluinnte mi||an cluinnte mi ||cha chluinnte mi||nach cluinnte mi
+| bhite mi||am bite mi ||cha bhite mi||nach bite mi
 |-
 !2
-|chluinnte thu||an cluinnte thu ||cha chluinnte thu||nach cluinnte thu
+|bhite thu||am bite thu ||cha bhite thu||nach bite thu
 |-
 !3 masc
-|chluinnte e||an cluinnte e||cha chluinnte e||nach cluinnte e
+|bhite e||am bite e||cha bhite e||nach bite e
 |-
 !3 fem
-|chluinnte i||an cluinnte i||cha chluinnte i||nach cluinnte i
+|bhite i||am bite i||cha bhite i||nach bite i
 |-
 ! 1 pl
-|chluinnte sinn ||an cluinnte sinn ||cha chluinnte sinn||nach cluinnte sinn
+|bhite sinn ||am bite sinn ||cha bhite sinn||nach bite sinn
 |-
 !2 pl
-|chluinnte sibh ||an cluinnte sibh ||cha chluinnte sibh||nach cluinnte sibh
+|bhite sibh ||am bite sibh ||cha bhite sibh||nach bite sibh
 |-
 !3 pl
-|chluinnte iad||an cluinnte iad||cha chluinnte iad||nach cluinnte iad
+|bhite iad||am bite iad||cha bhite iad||nach bite iad
 |}
 ==Imperative Mood==