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Verbal nouns, inherited from Arabic, are used for Irish-style tense constructions: | Verbal nouns, inherited from Arabic, are used for Irish-style tense constructions: | ||
* the present is formed by using ''f'' 'in, at' + verbal noun. This has displaced the Arabic prefix conjugation form of the present, and the inherited Arabic prefix conjugation is now used for the future and subjunctive. (A similar process occurred in Scottish Gaelic and | * the present is formed by using ''f'' 'in, at' + verbal noun. This has displaced the Arabic prefix conjugation form of the present, and the inherited Arabic prefix conjugation is now used for the future and subjunctive. (A similar process occurred in Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Hebrew.) | ||
* the perfect is formed with ''be{{3}}'' 'after' + verbal noun | * the perfect is formed with ''be{{3}}'' 'after' + verbal noun | ||