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==== The verb '' | ==== The verb ''ceàn'' ==== | ||
The verb '' | The verb ''ceàn, jcẁn, (no passive part.), cevn/cjèn'' (from Arabic ''kāna'') is a regular hollow 2-w verb. Unlike in Irish, ''ceàn'' covers the senses of both Irish ''is'' and Irish ''bí''. | ||
In the present tense, | In the present tense, | ||
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* the particle ''temm'' (irregularly from Arabic ''þamma'' 'there') is used, for existential statements | * the particle ''temm'' (irregularly from Arabic ''þamma'' 'there') is used, for existential statements | ||
The future form of '' | The future form of ''ceàn'' is also used as a "habitual be". (''ncẁn'' = Scottish Gaelic ''bidh mi'' 'I (tend to) be, I will be') | ||
=== Prepositions === | === Prepositions === | ||