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<sup>1</sup> The buffer ''-e-'' is added when the previous consonant is a cluster, r or l. | <sup>1</sup> The buffer ''-e-'' is added when the previous consonant is a cluster, r or l. | ||
The -igh ending may be deleted in poetry or in casual speech. This is a remnant of Middle Tíogall where there was a distinction between ''molamh hú'' 'he thanks (once)' (dependent ''mola hú'') and ''molaigh hú'' 'he thanks (regularly)'. | The ''-igh'' ending in analytic forms must be deleted when a preverbal particle such as ''ní'' 'not', ''ri'' 'REL', ''bhfá'' 'COMP': ''molaigh ná'' 'I thank', but ''ní mhol ná'' 'I don't thank'. The ''-igh'' may also be deleted or added in poetry or in casual speech. This is a remnant of Middle Tíogall where there was a distinction between ''molamh hú'' 'he thanks (once)' (dependent ''mola hú'') and ''molaigh hú'' 'he thanks (regularly)'. | ||
====Present progressive==== | ====Present progressive==== | ||