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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 | * the present is formed by using ''f'' 'in, at' + verbal noun. This has displaced the Arabic nonpast forms from the present tense, and the inherited Arabic nonpast 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 | ||