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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. | ||
* ''Ik ém at þes apels jaten.'' "I am eating the apple." (lit. I am at the apple's eating, like Irish ''Táim ag ith an úill'') | * ''Ik ém at þes apels jaten.'' "I am eating the apple." (lit. I am at the apple's eating, like Irish ''Táim ag ith an úill'') | ||
* ''Þe hund isь at | * ''Þe hund isь at bieþróten.'' "The dog is threatening me." | ||
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