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 Modal verbs do not use the helping verb. Examples:
-*You pote newn dorm.'' "I cannot sleep." / ''You pote'n dorm.'' "I can't sleep."
+*Ill pote newn dorm.'' "He may not sleep." / ''Ill pote'n dorm.'' "He mayn't sleep."
-*''Deve ill mange?'' "Must he eat?"
+**Note: Unlike in English, the abbreviation ''pote'n'' "mayn't" is not archaic.
+*''Derry ill mange?'' "Should he eat?"
 Archaically, non-modal verbs can likewise form their negation and interrogation without the helping verb. Examples: