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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. | 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. A direct object of the verb becomes the possessor of the verbal noun. For pronominal direct objects the unmarked possessive pronoun is used. | ||
* ''Ik jém 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 jém 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 vaz at jaz þróten.'' "The dog was threatening him." | * ''Þe hund vaz at jaz þróten.'' "The dog was threatening him." | ||