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Future tense of regular verbs

Past and future tense of regular verbs

Forming the past and future tenses of verbs in Gaelic is straightforward on the whole. If you know the root of a verb, then you can form other tenses.

The future tense

To form the future tense:

  • When the last vowel of the root form is a broad vowel (a, o, u) - for example, gabh - you simply add -aidh after the root so gabh becomes gabhaidh
  • When the last vowel of the root form is a narrow vowel (e, i) - for example, coisich - you simply add -idh after the root so coisich becomes coisichidh

Examples

Last vowel is a broad vowel

RootMeaningFuture tense
gabhtakegabhaidh
laslightlasaidh
òdrinkòaidh
òmarryòaidh
toglifttogaidh
Rootgabh
Meaningtake
Future tensegabhaidh
Rootlas
Meaninglight
Future tenselasaidh
Rootò
Meaningdrink
Future tenseòaidh
Rootò
Meaningmarry
Future tenseòaidh
Roottog
Meaninglift
Future tensetogaidh
RootMeaningFuture tense
brisbreakbrisidh
cuirputcuiridh
ùcloseùidh
millspoilmillidh
suidhsitsuidhidh
Rootbris
Meaningbreak
Future tensebrisidh
Rootcuir
Meaningput
Future tensecuiridh
Rootù
Meaningclose
Future tenseùidh
Rootmill
Meaningspoil
Future tensemillidh
Rootsuidh
Meaningsit
Future tensesuidhidh

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