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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 is also used as a polite pronoun. | | Colloquial {{PAGENAME}} has an auxiliary verb system similar to Colloquial Welsh. In addition, there is a T-V distinction: the 2nd person plural is also used as a polite pronoun. |
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| The choice of preposition before the lexical verb also controls the tense:
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| *''Im ot mơ het'' = I eat/I am eating (lit. I am at my eating)
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| ** ''ot mơ het'' = when I eat (lit. at my eating)
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| *''Im pho mơ het'' = I have eaten (lit. I am after my eating)
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| ** ''pho mơ het'' = after I eat (lit. after my eating)
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="width: 700px; text-align:center;"
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| |+ Various auxiliaries in {{PAGENAME}}
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| ! style="width: 75px; "| → Person
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| ! style="width: 75px; " | I
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| ! style="width: 75px; " | thou
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| ! style="width: 75px; " | he
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| ! style="width: 75px; " | she
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| ! style="width: 75px; " | it
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| ! style="width: 75px; " | we
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| ! style="width: 75px; " | blotp
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| ! style="width: 75px; " | they
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| ! | Non-pronominal
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| ! Present (''sêu'' is from *sekw 'see')
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| | ''im''
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| | ''dur''
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| | ''khês''
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| | ''sis''
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| | ''its''
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| | ''giar''
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| | ''dulơr''
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| | ''dar''
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| | ''sêu''
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| ! Pres. Interrogative
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| | ''am i''
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| | ''ar du''
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| | ''is khê''
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| | ''is si''
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| | ''ist''
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| | ''ar gia''
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| | ''ar dul''
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| | ''ar doi''
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| | ''is''
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| ! Pres. Negative or neg. interr.
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| | ''nam i''
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| | ''nar du''
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| | ''nis khê''
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| | ''nis si''
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| | ''nist''
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| | ''nar gia''
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| | ''nar dul''
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| | ''nar doi''
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| | ''nis''
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| ! Past (from aorist *dʰéh₁t of *dʰeh₁ 'to do')
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| | ''ted i''
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| | ''ted u''
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| | ''ted khê''
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| | ''ted si''
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| | ''ted it''
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| | ''ted gia''
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| | ''ted ul''
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| | ''ted oi''
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| | ''ted''
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| ! Future/Subjunctive
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| | ''ter i''
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| | ''ter du''
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| | ''ter khê''
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| | ''ter si''
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| | ''ter it''
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| | ''ter gia''
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| | ''ter dul''
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| | ''ter doi''
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| | ''ter''
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| ==Sample text== | | ==Sample text== |