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The compound tenses have received strong Celtic influence. Unlike in other Germanic languages, the past participle is not used grammatically. | The compound tenses have received strong Celtic influence. Unlike in other Germanic languages, the past participle is not used grammatically. | ||
====Progressive==== | ====Progressive==== | ||
Progressive tenses denote ongoing actions. An Irish-like construction is used: the auxiliary ''bión'' is used (which carries the tense), and the lexical verb becomes ''at'' 'at' + infinitive, and the infinitive is put at the end of the clause. An object of the verb becomes the possessor of the verbal noun. | Progressive tenses denote ongoing actions. An Irish-like construction is used: the auxiliary ''bión'' is used (which carries the tense), and the lexical verb becomes ''at'' 'at' + infinitive, and the infinitive is put at the end of the clause. An object of the verb becomes the possessor of the verbal noun. For pronominal objects the unmarked possessive pronoun is used. | ||
* ''Ik ém at þes apels jaten.'' "I am eating the apple." (lit. I am at the apple's eating, like Irish ''Táim ag ith an úill'') | * ''Ik ém at þes apels jaten.'' "I am eating the apple." (lit. I am at the apple's eating, like Irish ''Táim ag ith an úill'') | ||
* ''Þe hund | * ''Þe hund vaz at jaz bieþróten.'' "The dog was threatening him." | ||
====Perfect==== | ====Perfect==== | ||