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The prospective aspect indicates that an event is about to occur shortly. In Gaelic it is indicated with either the particle ''gu'' (Tha mi gu litir a scriobhadh) or the phrase '''a' dol a''' (Tha mi a' dol a' scriobhadh an litir)
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Aspect (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospective_aspect
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_aspect
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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*Reed, Sylvia L. (2012). The Semantics of Grammatical Aspect: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic. University of Arizona Ph.D dissertation.
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Latest revision as of 22:44, 15 June 2012

The prospective aspect indicates that an event is about to occur shortly. In Gaelic it is indicated with either the particle gu (Tha mi gu litir a scriobhadh) or the phrase a' dol a (Tha mi a' dol a' scriobhadh an litir)

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Reed, Sylvia L. (2012). The Semantics of Grammatical Aspect: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic. University of Arizona Ph.D dissertation.