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Tenses

To be - present tense

Ta = am, ta mee  =  I am
  is, t'ou  =  you are (1 person)
are, t'eh  =  he is, it is
  there is, t'ee  =  she is, it is
  there are. ta shin  =  we are
ta shiu  =  you are (2 or more persons)
t'ad  =  they are
     
Vel = am? vel mee?  =  am I?
  is? vel mee?  =  are you?
  are? vel eh?  =  is he? is it?
  is there? vel ee?  =  is she?, is it?
  are there? vel shin  =  are we?
vel shiu?  =  are you?
vel ad?  =  are they?
     
Cha nel = am not, cha nel mee  =  I am not
  is not cha nel oo  =  you are not
  are not cha nel eh  =  he is n ot, it is not
  there is not cha nel ee  =  she is not, it is not
  there are not cha nel shin  =  we are not
cha nel shiu  =  you are not
cha nel ad  =  they are not
     
Nagh vel? = am not? nagh vel mee?  =  am I not? (aren't I?)
  isn't? nagh vel oo  =  aren't you?
  aren't? nagh vel eh?  =  isn't he? isn't it?
  isn't there? nagh vel ee?  =  isn't she? isn't it?
  aren't there? nagh vel shin?  =  aren't we?
  nagh vel shiu?  =  aren't you?
  nagh vel ad?  =  aren't they?


 

To be - past tense

Va = was Va mee  =  I was
  were, V'ou  =  You were
  there was V'eh  =  He was / It was
  there were V'ee  =  She was / It was
Va shin  =  We were
Va Shiu  =  You (pl) were
Va'd  =  They were
     
Row ? = was ? Row mee ?  =  Was I ?
  were? Row oo/ R'ou?  =  Were you?
  was there? Row eh?  =  Was he? / Was it?
  were there? Row ee?  =  Was she? / Was it?
Row shin?  =  Were we?
Row shiu?  =  Were you?
Row ad?  =  Were they?
     
Cha row = was not, Cha row mee  =  I was not
  were not Cha row oo  =  You were not
  there was not Cha row eh  =  He was not / It was not
  there were not Cha row ee  =  She was not / It was not
Cha row shin  =  We were not
Cha row shiu  =  You were not
Cha row ad  =  They were not
     
Nagh row = wasn't ? Nagh row mee ?  =  Wasn't I ?
  weren't? Nagh row oo?  =  Weren't you?
  wasn't there? Nagh row eh?  =  Wasn't he? / it?
  weren't there? Nagh row ee?  =  Wasn't she? / it?
  Nagh row shin?  =  Weren't we?
  Nagh row shiu?  =  Weren't you?
  Nagh row ad?  =  Weren't they?

 

To be - past tense (Completed Action)

Ren  =  did Ren?  =  did?
Cha ren  =  did not Nagh ren?  =  didn't?
 
Ren mee (jannoo)  =  I did, I made
Ren mee goll  =  I went
Ren mee cheet  =  I came
Ren mee fakin  =  I saw
Ren mee clashtyn  =  I heard
Ren mee goaill  =  I took
Ren mee cur  =  I put, gave, sent
Ren mee gra  =  I said
Ren mee feddyn  =  I got, I found
  geddyn