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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Old {{PAGENAME}} had a verb system with complex alternations, almost comparable to that of Old Irish | Old {{PAGENAME}} had a verb system with complex alternations, almost comparable to that of Old Irish.<!-- for example: | ||
*Thn. ''molyn'' 'I thank' > OTig ''molan'' (prototonic); Thn. ''tir molyn'' 'I do not thank' > OTig ''tí·mlun'' (deuterotonic) | *Thn. ''molyn'' 'I thank' > OTig ''molan'' (prototonic); Thn. ''tir molyn'' 'I do not thank' > OTig ''tí·mlun'' (deuterotonic) | ||
*Cf. Thn. ''armolyn'' 'I pursue' > '' ar·mlun'' (deuterotonic); Thn. ''tir armolyn'' 'I do not pursue' > OTig ''tír·mol'' (prototonic) | *Cf. Thn. ''armolyn'' 'I pursue' > '' ar·mlun'' (deuterotonic); Thn. ''tir armolyn'' 'I do not pursue' > OTig ''tír·mol'' (prototonic) | ||
*Thn. ''duptym'' 'he builds' > OTig ''duchdamh'' Thn. ''tir duptym'' 'he does not build' > OTig ''tý·dchtumh'' (The negative particle undergoes u-umlaut here!) | *Thn. ''duptym'' 'he builds' > OTig ''duchdamh'' Thn. ''tir duptym'' 'he does not build' > OTig ''tý·dchtumh'' (The negative particle undergoes u-umlaut here!) | ||
--> Modern {{PAGENAME}} simplified this system substantially, leaving behind a mixture of synthetic forms (used without a subject pronoun) and analytic forms (used with a subject noun or pronoun), similar to the Modern Irish system. Due to their different origins - namely, synthetic forms come from Thensarian conjugated verbs while analytic forms come from Thensarian participles or verbal nouns - they often morphologically behave differently. | |||
Modern {{PAGENAME}} simplified this system substantially, leaving behind a mixture of synthetic forms (used without a subject pronoun) and analytic forms (used with a subject noun or pronoun), similar to the Modern Irish system. Due to their different origins - namely, synthetic forms come from Thensarian conjugated verbs while analytic forms come from Thensarian participles or verbal nouns - they often morphologically behave differently. | |||
====Present tense==== | ====Present tense==== | ||