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GAELIC GRAMMAR. 27
Subjunctive Mood.
Past. Phaisg-inn, -eadh tu, e ; &c., / might, could, or
tvouldfold.
Future. Ma Phaisg-eas mi, tu, e ; &c. If I shall or
ic ill fold.
*^* Nam gives another value to the past tense. Nam
Paisginn, If I ivere to fold, is the purely Conditional form.
Imperative. Infinitive.
Paisgeam, Let me fold. A Pasgadli, Folding ; to fold.
Paisg, Fold thou.
Paisgeadh e, Let him fold.
Passive Voice.
Indicative.
Past. Phaisgeadh mi, thu, &c., I was folded.
Future. Paisgear mi, thu, &c., I shall or will be folded.
ISTegative or Interrogative.
Past. Cha do Phaisgeadh mi, thu, &c., / ivas not
folded.
Future. Am Paisgear mi, thu, &c.. Shall I he folded.
Subjunctive.
Past. Phaisgteadh mi, thu, &c., / coidd or icoidd he
folded.
Future. Ma Phaisgear mi, thu, &c.. If I shall he folded.
Imperative.
Past. Paisgtear mi, thu, &c., Let me he folded.
Participle.
Paisgte, folded.
There is no form for the Present Tense in Gaelic ; the
Future form is often used instead, thus, Chi mi thu, / see
you, really means / .sA«W we you. The present is expressed
by the verb "to be" with the Infinitive, thus, Tha mi (ag)
tighinn, / am cominr/; Tha mi 'falbh, / am (joing, &c. All
the tenses of the rerb may be formed in the same way.