Cluinn (irregular verb)

The irregular verb Cluinn means "to hear"

Cluinn is one of 9 irregular verbs in Gaelic.

Summary of forms

context			independent	Dependent	Special 1st person forms
indicative	active	past	Chuala	Cuala
		Future	Cluinnidh	Cluinn
		Relative Future	chluinneas
	impersonal	past	chualas	cualas
		future	cluinnear	chluinnear
		relative future	chluinnear

Verbal Noun

cluintinn

Indicative Mood

Active Voice

Past tense

	Declarative	Question	Negative	Negative Question
1	chuala mi	an cuala mi	cha chuala mi	nach cuala mi
2	chuala thu	an cuala thu	cha chuala thu	nach cuala thu
3 masc	chuala e	an cuala e	cha chuala e	nach cuala e
3 fem	chuala i	an cuala i	cha chuala i	nach cuala i
1 pl	chuala sinn	an cuala sinn	cha chuala sinn	nach cuala sinn
2	chuala sibh	an cuala sibh	cha chuala sibh	nach cuala sibh
3 pl	chuala iad	an cuala iad	cha chuala iad	nach cuala iad

Present tense

As is common in Gaelic, there is no present tense form of the verb. When a simple present meaning ("I hear something") or a progressive meaning (I am hearing something is intended, the periphrastic construction is used with the present tense of the verb bi (be) along with the verbal noun.

Tha	mi	a'	cluinntinn
be.pres	1s	prog	hear.vn
I'm hearing/I hear

Future tense

	Declarative	Question	Negative	Negative Question	Relative Future
1	cluinnidh mi	an cluinn mi	cha chluinn mi	nach cluinn mi	a chluinneas mi
2	cluinnidh thu	an cluinn thu	cha chluinn thu	nach cluinn thu	a chluinneas tu
3 masc	cluinnidh e	an cluinn e	cha chluinn e	nach cluinn e	a chluinneas e
3 fem	cluinnidh i	an cluinn i	cha chluinn i	nach cluinn i	a chluinneas i
1 pl	cluinnidh sinn	an cluinn sinn	cha chluinn sinn	nach cluinn sinn	a chluinneas sinn
2	cluinnidh sibh	an cluinn sibh	cha chluinn sibh	nach cluinn sibh	a chluinneas sibh
3 pl	cluinnidh iad	an cluinn iad	cha chluinn iad	nach cluinn iad	a chluinneas iad

Note, the relative future is used after certain particles such as ma or the particle used with questions a. Note that in the relative future the pronoun tu is used in lieu of thu.

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Impersonal/Passive Voice

Past tense

	Declarative	Question	Negative	Negative Question
1	chualas mi	an cualas mi	cha chualas mi	nach cualas mi
2	chualas thu	an cualas thu	cha chualas thu	nach cualas thu
3 masc	chualas e	an cualsa e	cha chualas e	nach cualas e
3 fem	chualas i	an cualas i	cha chualas i	nach cualas i
1 pl	chualas sinn	an cualas sinn	cha chualas sinn	nach cualas sinn
2	chualas sibh	an cualas sibh	cha chualas sibh	nach cualas sibh
3 pl	chualas iad	an cualas iad	cha chualas iad	nach cualas iad

Future tense

	Declarative	Question	Negative	Negative Question	Relative Future
1	cluinnear mi	an cluinnear mi	cha chluinnear mi	nach cluinnear mi	a chluinnear mi
2	cluinnear thu	an cluinnear thu	cha chluinnear thu	nach cluinnear thu	a chluinnear tu
3 masc	cluinnear e	an cluinnear e	cha chluinnear e	nach cluinnear e	a chluinnear e
3 fem	cluinnear i	an cluinnear i	cha chluinnear i	nach cluinnear i	a chluinnear i
1 pl	cluinnear sinn	an cluinnear sinn	cha chluinnear sinn	nach cluinnear sinn	a chluinnear sinn
2	cluinnear sibh	an cluinnear sibh	cha chluinnear sibh	nach cluinnear sibh	a chluinnear sibh
3 pl	cluinnear iad	an cluinnear iad	cha chluinnear iad	nach cluinnear iad	a chluinnear iad

Note, the relative future is used after certain particles such as ma or the particle used with questions a. Note that in the relative future the pronoun tu is used in lieu of thu.

Conditional Mood

chluinninn I would hear chluinneadh tu you woudl hear

cluinnte mi I would be heard cluinneam 'let me hear' cluinn! "hear!" Cluinnibh "hear.pl!" cluinneadh e "let him hear"