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===Compound tenses=== | ===Compound tenses=== | ||
Celtic influence. Unlike in other Germanic languages, the past participle is not used grammatically. | The compound tenses have received strogng Celtic influence. Unlike in other Germanic languages, the past participle is not used grammatically. | ||
====Progressive==== | ====Progressive==== | ||
Progressive tenses denote ongoing actions. An Irish-like construction is used: the auxiliary ''bión'' is used (which carries the tense), and the lexical verb becomes ''at'' 'at' + infinitive, and the infinitive is put at the end of the clause. An object of the verb becomes the possessor of the verbal noun. | Progressive tenses denote ongoing actions. An Irish-like construction is used: the auxiliary ''bión'' is used (which carries the tense), and the lexical verb becomes ''at'' 'at' + infinitive, and the infinitive is put at the end of the clause. An object of the verb becomes the possessor of the verbal noun. | ||