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 There are two main strategies for the formation of the future tense: '''future I''' ('synthetic') and '''future II''' ('bhúi-construction').
-The basis of '''future I''' is formed morphologically by affixing ''-s-'' (or ''-r-'' in some cases) to the naked stem and then the appropriate person endings.
+'''Future I'''
+The basis of this tense is formed morphologically by affixing ''-s-'' (or ''-r-'' in some cases) to the naked stem and then the appropriate person endings.
 This future form is able to occupy the first position of a sentence and thus word-order-wise it behaves just the same as a fully inflected present tense verb.
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 * <ref name="sigma">If the future stem has a 'weak s' then it will shift to ''-r-'' with the ending ''-is'',while if it is a 'strong s' then it will remain ''-s-'' while the ending becomes ''-ir''</ref>
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+'''Future II'''
+This tense is on the other hand formed by combining the future tense of ''ísan'' with the verbal noun.
+{| class="wikitable
+!colspan="4"|the verb ísan in the future tense
+|-
+|I||colspan="2"|bhúirinn
+|-
+|thou||colspan="2"|bhúiris
+|-
+|he ||colspan="2"|bhúiridh
+|-
+|we||colspan="2"|bhúirim
+|-
+|you||colspan="2"|bhúiridh
+|-
+|they||colspan="2"|bhúirinn
+|-
+|}
+The inflected form is itself prone to reduction to ''bhúi'' in speech, whereupon the use of pronouns becomes obligatory,
+:''Bhúi lúcadh tódh sa'' vs. ''bhúiridh lúcadh tódh'' "She's going to light it"
 ===Syntax===