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===Auxiliaries===
===Auxiliaries===
{{PAGENAME}} has an auxiliary verb system similar to Colloquial Welsh. In addition, there is a T-V distinction: the 2nd person plural ''tem'' is also used as a polite pronoun.
{{PAGENAME}} has an auxiliary verb system similar to Colloquial Welsh. In addition, there is a T-V distinction: the 2nd person plural ''tem'' is also used as a polite pronoun.
 
*''Re Dovíð ngaw šun.'' = David is about to sleep.
The non-pronominal present auxiliary ''re'' (which may cause lenition depending on dialect) may be omitted in subordinate clauses:
*''Biuth re Dovíð ngaw šun'' = When David is about to sleep
*''Re Dovíð ngaw šun'' = David is about to sleep
*''Biuth (re) Dovíð ngaw šun'' = When David is about to sleep
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|+ Various auxiliaries in {{PAGENAME}}
|+ Various auxiliaries in {{PAGENAME}}