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Tha shnuadh dol a mugha — Its beauty is going to waste : —
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The transitive verb has two Voices — Active and Passive ;
five Tenses — Present, Future, Imperfect, Perfect, and Pluper-
fect.
Present and Future, Perfect and Pluperfect are distinguish-
able only by the context.
Four Moods — Indicative, Subjunctive, Imperative, and
Infinitive, the last being both Active and Passive : —
Tha e cur suas ùrnuigh — He is offering up prayer.
Fhad 's a bha an ùrnuigh 'ga cur suas — Whilst the prayer
was being offered :— L.C. 69, § 187, 2 (c)
Two Numbers — Singular and Plural
Three Persons — First, Second, and Third
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1 . The parts of the old Gaelic verb now in use are
(1) the third sing, of the Present (including the Relative form)
and 3 s. of the Perfect, for all persons in all moods.
M.G. Pres. 3 s. buailid he strikes. G. buailidh strikes or
will strike, Rel. bhuaileas who strikes or will strike.
M.G. Pf. 3 s. ro buail he has struck, G. (do-)bhuail has or
had struck
The Pres. and Pf. not being inflected, the 1 and 2 persons are
distinguished by the 1 and 2 personal pronouns, and the 3 person
by the 3 personal pronoun (or a noun or other pronoun) as
nominatives immediately following the verb, except in the case
of the Rel. form when the noun may precede the verb.