Aspect

To see a definition of the terms used here see Aspect (definition)

Aspect in Scottish Gaelic

Aspect takes two forms in Scottish Gaelic: (1) Grammatical or Viewpoint aspect and (2) Lexical aspect or Aktionsart. Viewpoint aspect gives a picture of the flow or architecture of the time of the situation expressed by the proposition. Aktionsart is inherent to verbs or verb phrases and describes the inherent structure of the eventuality of the proposition in terms of endpoints (telicity) and duration (punctualness/durativity), etc.

Progressive aspect

Bha	Iain	ag	ithe	an	arain.
be.pst	John	prog	eat.vn	the	bread.gen
'John was eating the bread/John was at the eating of the bread.'

Perfective aspect

Bha	Iain	air	an	t-aran	ithe.
be.pst	John	perf	the	bread.dat	eat.vn
'John has eaten the bread.'

External Links

Grammatical aspect from Wikipedia

• Grammatical (Viewpoint) Aspect

• Lexical Aspect (Aktionsart)