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In Gaelic, the dependant verb form is used when a verb is accompanied by a function word called a particle, which may indicate negation, mood, case, etc. For example. the past tense independent form of the verb bi (irregular verb is bha 'was', but after the particles cha, an and gu we get the form robh: Cha robh

See Also

Independent Verb Form (definition)

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_and_independent_verb_forms
• http://www.ilc.cnr.it/EAGLES96/morphsyn/node248.html

References

• Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Lamb, William (2003) Scottish Gaelic. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa