Faic (irregular verb) - Revision history

AndrewCarnie: /* Summary of forms */

2012-08-01T18:07:35Z

‎Summary of forms

2012-08-01T18:06:56Z

‎Impersonal/Passive

2012-08-01T18:04:55Z

‎Future tense

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‎Past tense

2012-08-01T18:04:00Z

‎Summary of forms

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‎Future tense

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‎Imperative Mood

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‎Imperative Mood

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‎Impersonal/Passive

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 *Dependent forms of the verb ''faic'' are used after particles but note
 **''Cha'' and ''Nach'' take dependent forms but [[Lenition|lenite]] the verb.
-**''Cha'' takes the special form ''chan'' because <fh> is silent, so the ''cha> precedes a vowel
+**''Cha'' takes the special form ''chan'' because <fh> is silent, so the ''cha'' precedes a vowel, thus motivating the form ''chan''
 **"An" takes the special form "Am" because it precedes an <f>
 *The future independent form is irregularly lenited

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 |-
 ! 1
-| chite mi||an faicte mi ||chan fhaicte mi||nach fhaicte mi
+| chite mi||am faicte mi ||chan fhaicte mi||nach fhaicte mi
 |-
 !2
-|chìte thu||an faicte thu ||chan fhaicte thu||nach fhaicte thu
+|chìte thu||am faicte thu ||chan fhaicte thu||nach fhaicte thu
 |-
 !3 masc
-|chìte e||an faicte e||chan fhaicte e||nach fhaicte e
+|chìte e||am faicte e||chan fhaicte e||nach fhaicte e
 |-
 !3 fem
-|chìte i||an faicte i||chan fhaicte i||nach fhaicte i
+|chìte i||am faicte i||chan fhaicte i||nach fhaicte i
 |-
 ! 1 pl
-|chìte sinn ||an faicte sinn ||chan fhaicte sinn||nach fhaicte sinn
+|chìte sinn ||am faicte sinn ||chan fhaicte sinn||nach fhaicte sinn
 |-
 !2 pl
-|chìte sibh ||an faicte sibh ||chan fhaicte sibh||nach fhaicte sibh
+|chìte sibh ||am faicte sibh ||chan fhaicte sibh||nach fhaicte sibh
 |-
 !3 pl
-|chìte iad||an faicte iad||chan fhaicte iad||nach fhaicte iad
+|chìte iad||am faicte iad||chan fhaicte iad||nach fhaicte iad
 |}

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 ====Future tense====
-The [[Future tense (definition)|future tense]] in Gaelic is used to express the idea that an event will happen sometime after the speech time. Unlike English, the future tense can also be used with a present tense meaning, to express the idea that an action is [[habitual]].
+The [[Future Tense (definition)|future tense]] in Gaelic is used to express the idea that an event will happen sometime after the speech time. Unlike English, the future tense can also be used with a present tense meaning, to express the idea that an action is [[Habitual Aspect (definition|habitual]].
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 ===Impersonal/Passive Voice===

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 !2
-|Chunnacas tu<sup>1</sup> ||an cualas tu ||chan fhacas tu||nach fhacas tu
+|Chunnacas tu<sup>1</sup> ||an facas tu ||chan fhacas tu||nach fhacas tu
 |-
 !3 masc
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 Notes:
 #The pronoun ''tu'' is used after forms ending in <as> instead of ''thu''
 ====Present tense====

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 **"An" takes the special form "Am" because it precedes an <f>
 *The future independent form is irregularly lenited
-*Unlike regular verbs, the [[Dependent verb form (definition)|dependent]] past tense particle ''[[Do (tense marker)|do]]'' is never used with ''cluinn''.
+*Unlike regular verbs, the [[Dependent verb form (definition)|dependent]] past tense particle ''[[Do (tense marker)|do]]'' is never used with ''faic''.
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 *<sup>1</sup> with these forms the pronoun ''tu'' is used instead of ''thu''
 *<sup>2</sup> these forms are not used with any subject, they contain the subject in the inflection of the verb ([[Pro-Drop]])
 ==Non Conditional Moods (indicative, interrogative, negative)==

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−	The irregular verb ''faic'' means "to see". ''faic'' is one of 11 [[:Category:Irregular Verb\|irregular verbs]] in Gaelic. It uses irregular [[Suppletion (definition)\|suppletive]] forms in the [[Past tense (definition)\|past]], the [[Future Tense (definition)\|future]], the [[Relative future tense (definition)\|relative future]], and independent [[Conditional mood (definition)\|conditional]] (Mark 2004:271). ~~These~~ forms ending in <a> or <adh> also irregularly require that when using a [[Person (definition)\|2nd person]] [[Singular (definition)\|singular]] (you), that the pronoun surfaces as ''tu'' instead of ''thu''.	+	The irregular verb ''faic'' means "to see". ''faic'' is one of 11 [[:Category:Irregular Verb\|irregular verbs]] in Gaelic. It uses irregular [[Suppletion (definition)\|suppletive]] forms in the [[Past tense (definition)\|past]], the [[Future Tense (definition)\|future]], the [[Relative future tense (definition)\|relative future]], and independent [[Conditional mood (definition)\|conditional]] (Mark 2004:271). The forms ending in <a> or <adh> also irregularly require that when using a [[Person (definition)\|2nd person]] [[Singular (definition)\|singular]] (you), that the pronoun surfaces as ''tu'' instead of ''thu''.

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 Notes
 # the relative future is  used after certain particles such as ''a'' the particle used with questions, or ''ma'' "if".
 ==Conditional Mood==

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 The Imperative mood is used when giving a command. 2nd person imperatives are the most common. The other imperative forms given above are extremely rare.
-The 2nd person singular: faic!
+*The 2nd person singular: faic!
-The 2nd person plural/polite: faicibh
+*The 2nd person plural/polite: faicibh
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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. The other imperative forms given above are extremely rare.
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+The 2nd person singular: faic!
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+The 2nd person plural/polite: faicibh
 ==[[References]]==