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A tense that refers to a future action about to occur at a time that is determined by the context of the phrase, and not necessarily the time indicated in the rest of the sentence. For example, “The professor who was'' about to teach'' grammar, ''wrote'' on the board” “The professor who'' was about to'' teach grammar ''was writing'' on the board. “The professor who ''was about to'' teach grammar ''was going to write'' on the board.
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''To see the discussion of the formation and use of the relative future see [[Relative Future]]''
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The Relative Future a special verb form that is found after certain particles in Scottish Gaelic, such as ''ma'' 'if', ''Cò'' 'who', ''a'' 'who/which/that', ''cuin a'' 'when', dè 'what'.
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Note that this term is often used when talking about other languages to refer to a future event about to occur at a time that is determined by the context of the phrase, and not necessarily the time indicated in the rest of the sentence. This is '''not''' the use of the term in Gaelic.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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[[Future (definition)]]
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[[Tense (definition)]]
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[[Relative Clause (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsRelativeFutureTense.htm
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relative_future_tense
*http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relative_future_tense
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 09:02, 14 May 2012

To see the discussion of the formation and use of the relative future see Relative Future

The Relative Future a special verb form that is found after certain particles in Scottish Gaelic, such as ma 'if', 'who', a 'who/which/that', cuin a 'when', dè 'what'.

Note that this term is often used when talking about other languages to refer to a future event about to occur at a time that is determined by the context of the phrase, and not necessarily the time indicated in the rest of the sentence. This is not the use of the term in Gaelic.

See Also

Future (definition) Tense (definition) Relative Clause (definition)

External Links

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relative_future_tense

References