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has just been made with regard to the use of do before the Imperfect Tense applies also to the Past Tense.
In the Autonomous form do does not aspirate, but prefixes h to vowels.
277. With the exception of the aspiration of the initial consonant, the third person singular of this tense is exactly the same as the second person singular of the Imperative (i.e., the stem of the verb).
278. The particle formerly used before the Past Tense was ro. It is now no longer used by itself, but it occurs in combination with other particles.
The most important of these compounds are:—
| (1) | Ar, whether (an + ro). | Ar ḃuail sé? Did he strike? |
| (2) | Gur, that (go + ro). | Deir sé gur ḃuaileas é. He says that I struck him.
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| (3) | Cár, where (cá + ro). | Cár ċeannuiġis an capall? Where did you buy the horse?
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| (4) | Munar, unless (muna + ro).
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Munar ḃuail sé, unless he struck. |
| (5) | Níor, not (ní + ro). | Níor ċreid sé. He did not believe. |
| (6) | Nár or náċar, whether … not.
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Nár ċreid sé? Did he not believe? |
