Verb Inflection
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Past Tense
Declarative
With regular verbs in declarative context, the past tense is formed by leniting the first consonant of the imperative. With vowel initial forms, one prefixes an orthographic <dh'> (pronounced as [ɣ] before broad vowels and [j] before slender ones)
| Imperative | Past Tense | English |
|---|---|---|
| pòg! | phòg | kissed |
| obair! | dh'obair | worked |
| sabaid! | shabaid | fought |
| seas! | sheas | sat |
| tog | thog | lifted |
References
Fisher, Muriel (2004) Scottish Gaelic Level 2. Each-Mara Productions.
