Tha mi a ‘sgrìobhadh leabhar.
(Tha sibh etc…..)
Tràth Caithte
Bha mi a ’sgrìobhadh leabhar.
(Bha sibh etc……..)
The above examples show the most common and easiest ways to create the present tense and past, using the continuous of the verb “to be” . To use the simple present (instead of the Continuous present) there is a construction, unusual in Gaelic, using the future tense.
Sgriobhadh mi or bidh mi a´sgriobhadh
The future tense used as the present simple is more common when we talk about things we do habitually and things which happen a lot or are generally true. Practice will make this clearer. Please try to use the continuous until you have more practice with this.
____________________________________________________
H is added to create the simple past, here is a chart of imperatives. Notice the irregular form of “DH” with vowels” and “F”. It is also interesting to notice that nothing happens to “SG” and “R”
Imperative | English Translation | Past Tense | English Translation |
---|---|---|---|
fàg! | leave! | dh’fhàg | left |
ionnsaich! | learn! | dh’ionnsaich | learnt |
pòg! | kiss! | phòg | kissed |
obair! | work! | dh’obair | worked |
sabaid! | fight! | shabaid | fought |
sgrìobh! | write! | sgrìobh | wrote |
ruith! | run! | ruith | run |
seas! | sit! | sheas | sat |
teasgaisg! | teach! | theagaisg | taught |
tog! | lift! | thog | lifted |
dh´ionnsaich e
Dè dh‘ionnsaich thu anns an obair sin?
It is formed by exactly the same rules as the continuous present tense.
Questions etc and how to ask them will be shown later