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====Progressive==== | ====Progressive==== | ||
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. In formal Glommish, the direct object of the verb takes the genitive. | 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. In formal Glommish, the direct object of the verb takes the genitive. | ||
* '' | * ''Kiém at jaten the apel.'' "I'm eating the apple." | ||
* ''The hund vaz at thróten jan.'' "The dog was threatening him." | * ''The hund vaz at thróten jan.'' "The dog was threatening him." | ||
* ''Czém thárat.'' "I'm on it." | * ''Czém thárat.'' "I'm on it." | ||