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====Perfect tense==== | ====Perfect tense==== | ||
The suffix ''<sup>i</sup>- | The suffix ''<sup>i</sup>-ính'' is added to the stem to form the past participle. The subject is preceded by an ergative marker ''ro''. For the impersonal the subject is simply omitted. This is the accepted way of forming the past in Étaoin Tigall. | ||
:''''' | :'''''Cáisính luc ruính.''''' | ||
:''I ate/have eaten a fruit.'' | :''I ate/have eaten a fruit.'' | ||
====Pluperfect tense==== | ====Pluperfect tense==== | ||
''g'laíbh'' + past participle. This tense uses ergative alignment like the preterite. | ''g'laíbh'' + past participle. This tense uses ergative alignment like the preterite. | ||
*''g'laíbh | *''g'laíbh moilính ná'' 'I had thanked' | ||
*''g'laíbh | *''g'laíbh idính ŋí'' 'she had lain' | ||
====Future tense==== | ====Future tense==== | ||