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====Verbal clauses====
====Verbal clauses====
Verbs are given tenses in a fashion similar to English; Have, Is or Go precede the verb in various orders to give it a tense.
Verbs are given tenses in a fashion similar to English; Have, Is or Go precede the verb in various orders to give it a tense.
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|+Auxilary Verbs, Time & Mood
! width="30%"|Tense
! width="25%"|Fén
! width="25%"|English
! width="20%"|Adverb Type
|-
|Present
|[Verb]
|[Verb]
|Temporal
|-
|Present Progressive
|Té [Verb]
|[Be] [Verb]ing
|Temporal
|-
|Simple Past
|Bhé [Verb]
|[Verb]ed
|Temporal
|-
|Past Progressive
|Bhé Té [Verb]
|Was [Verb]ing
|Temporal
|-
|Future Simple
|Lé [Verb]
|Will [Verb]
|Temporal
|-
|Future Progressive
|Lé Té [Verb]
|Will be [Verbing]
|Temporal
|-
|Conditional
|Med
|Would
|Mood
|-
|Subjunctive
|Tel
|May
|Mood
|-
|Obligatory
|Cún
|Must
|Mood
|-
|Passive
|Dén
|Made to [Verb]
|Voice
|}
All adverbs not listed here are categorized as "Other". These adverbs make up the majority and do not describe the Mood, Voice or Time of an object.
It shoud also be noted in that Adverbal order is important particularly in terms of mood and voice adverbs;
Where adverbs precede the order of the mood adverb, that mood or voice adverb is affected rather than the verb itself.
Perfective verbs are expressed with time [cébh/cóbh]
Rather than exhaustively provide examples over the list,


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Revision as of 18:43, 15 May 2013

Verbal clauses

Verbs are given tenses in a fashion similar to English; Have, Is or Go precede the verb in various orders to give it a tense.

"Rún re me di."
/run rɛ mɛ dɪ/
Rún re me di
Love 2S SBJ.Aux- -1S
"I love you."
"Té rún ít me di."
/te run it mɛ dɪ/
té- -rún ít me- -di
Aux.PRG- -Love it SBJ.Aux- -1S
"I'm loving it."/"It is the case that I love it"
"Med bhé rún re me di."
/mɛd ve run rɛ mɛ dɪ/
med- -bhé- -rún re me- -di
Aux.CND- -Aux.PST- -Love you SBJ.Aux- -1S
"I wish I had loved you."
"Bhé té med rún re me di cébh bhocá."
/ve te mɛd run rɛ mɛ dɪ cev wɑka:/
-bhé- -té- -med- -rún re me- -di cébh- -bhocá
Aux.PST- Aux.PRG- -Aux.Cond- -Love you SBJ.Aux- -1S SBJ.Aux- -1S before- -then
"I had wanted to love you until then."
"Cún lé dén rún di me lo!"
/kun le den run rɛ mɛ dɪ/
Cún- -lé- -dén- -rún re me- -di
Aux.Obl- -Aux.Ftr- -Love you SBJ.Aux- -1S
"He shall be made to love me."
"En tel bhé dén rún di me re!"
/ɛn tɛl ve den run dɪ mɛ re/
En tel- -bhé- -dén- -rún di me- -re
Neg Aux.Subj- -Aux.PST- -Aux."Made"- -Love I Aux.SBJ- -you
"You couldn't have made me love [you!]."
"En tel bhé dhén ét rún lo me di me re!"
/ɛn tɛl ve ʒen et run lɑ mɛ dɪ mɛ re/
En tel- -bhé- -dén ét rún lo me- -di me- -re
neg aux.subj aux.pst make this.rel love 3s aux.subj 1s aux.subj 2s
"You couldn't have made me love her." (Lit. You could not have made it so that I loved her)