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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

Last vowel is a narrow vowel