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In Gaelic, the role of the past participle in passive-like constructions (''The door was shut'') is taken on by the [[Verbal Adjective (definition)|verbal adjective]]

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−	Past Participles are the verb forms used in [[Passive (definition)\|passive]] and [[Perfect (definition)\|perfect aspect]] sentences. They often end in ''-en'' or ''-ed'' suffixes: ''The food was '''eaten'''.'' or ''He has '''eaten''' the food.''	+	Past Participles are the verb forms used in [[Passive (definition)\|passive]] and [[Perfect Aspect (definition)\|perfect aspect]] sentences. They often end in ''-en'' or ''-ed'' suffixes: ''The food was '''eaten'''.'' or ''He has '''eaten''' the food.''

	Gaelic doesn't have past participles, per se. Instead a special verb form called the [[Verbal Noun (definition)\|verbal noun]] is used in these conditions, and other constructions.		Gaelic doesn't have past participles, per se. Instead a special verb form called the [[Verbal Noun (definition)\|verbal noun]] is used in these conditions, and other constructions.

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 *[[Verbal Nouns|A list of verbal nouns]]
 *[[Formation of Verbal Nouns]]
-*[[Use of the Verbal Noun]]
+*[[Use of Verbal Nouns]]
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-A participle is a word that comes from a verb and used as an adjective. A past participle is the same as a participle except it is in past tense form. (I painted the room. Vs. I have painted the room).
+Past Participles are the verb forms used in [[Passive (definition)|passive]] and [[Perfect (definition)|perfect aspect]] sentences. They often end in ''-en'' or ''-ed'' suffixes: ''The food was '''eaten'''.'' or ''He has '''eaten''' the food.''
-In Gaelic, the role of the past participle in passive-like constructions (''The door was shut'') is taken on by the [[Verbal Adjective (definition)|verbal adjective]]
+Gaelic doesn't have past participles, per se. Instead a special verb form called the [[Verbal Noun (definition)|verbal noun]] is used in these conditions, and other constructions.
 ==See Also==
 ==External Links==
+*http://www.stravaiger.com/blog/?p=372
-http://www.past-participle.com/
+*http://www.past-participle.com/
 ==References==

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−	~~FIX FIX FIX~~	+	A participle is a word that comes from a verb and used as an adjective. A past participle is the same as a participle except it is in past tense form. (I painted the room. Vs. I have painted the room).

	In Gaelic, the role of the past participle in passive-like constructions (''The door was shut'') is taken on by the [[Verbal Adjective (definition)\|verbal adjective]]		In Gaelic, the role of the past participle in passive-like constructions (''The door was shut'') is taken on by the [[Verbal Adjective (definition)\|verbal adjective]]

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 ==See Also==
 ==External Links==
 ==References==
 *Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.

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-a participle is a word that comes from a verb and used as an adjective. A past participle is the same as a participle except it is in past tense form. (I painted the room. Vs. I have painted the room).
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 In Gaelic, the role of the past participle in passive-like constructions (''The door was shut'') is taken on by the [[Verbal Adjective (definition)|verbal adjective]]
 ==References==
+*Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
-Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
+*Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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 [[Category: Morphology]]