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====Perfect tense====
====Perfect tense====
The suffix ''<sup>i</sup>-ín'' 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.
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.


:'''''Cáisín luc ruín.'''''
:'''''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 moilín ná'' 'I had thanked'
*''g'laíbh moilính ná'' 'I had thanked'
*''g'laíbh idín ŋí'' 'she had lain'
*''g'laíbh idính ŋí'' 'she had lain'


====Future tense====
====Future tense====