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.