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Stems whose past and imperative stems fall together get the preverb rə-/Rə- (from Middle Irish ro, from the Old Irish perfect preverb) in the past tense, də-/Də- if the first consonant in the stem is R/r. Some conservative dialects only use rə-/də- in the past tense (in verbs that use them) when in the affirmative, not in interrogatives or negatives (cf. Irish lenition/d'- and Welsh ''mi''): | Stems whose past and imperative stems fall together get the preverb rə-/Rə- (from Middle Irish ro, from the Old Irish perfect preverb) in the past tense, də-/Də- if the first consonant in the stem is R/r. Some conservative dialects only use rə-/də- in the past tense (in verbs that use them) when in the affirmative, not in interrogatives or negatives (cf. Irish lenition/d'- and Welsh ''mi''): | ||
: ''– əl Gáddis KáLəM əlláwm? – | : ''– əl Gáddis KáLəM əlláwm? – MəGáddisš.'' (Standard ''əR RəGáddis...? MəRGáddisš.'') | ||
: – Did Calum attend Mass today? – He did. | : – Did Calum attend Mass today? – He did not. | ||
kətábtēn/kətábbint came from kətábt ēnə/int | kətábtēn/kətábbint came from kətábt ēnə/int | ||