Glommish: Difference between revisions
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===Compound tenses=== | ===Compound tenses=== | ||
Celtic influence. Unlike in "normal" Germanic languages, the past participle is not used grammatically. | Celtic influence. Unlike in "normal" Germanic languages, the past participle is not used grammatically. | ||
====Progressive==== | |||
* ''Ik em at þas apels jaten.'' "I am eating the apple." (lit. I am at the apple's eating, like Irish ''Táim ag ith an úill'') | * ''Ik em at þas apels jaten.'' "I am eating the apple." (lit. I am at the apple's eating, like Irish ''Táim ag ith an úill'') | ||
====Perfect==== | |||
* ''Ik em after þas apels jaten.'' "I have eaten the apple." (lit. I am after the apple's eating, like Hiberno-English) | * ''Ik em after þas apels jaten.'' "I have eaten the apple." (lit. I am after the apple's eating, like Hiberno-English) | ||
====Future==== | |||
===Clauses=== | ===Clauses=== | ||