271. The old form of the third person singular ended in aiḋ or iḋ, and the analytic forms found in books, and sometimes in the northern dialect, are got from this form: as molaiḋ sinn, we praise.
272. The analytic form is not usually found in the first person singular of this tense, nor is the synthetic form often used in the second person plural.
The Imperfect Tense.
273. The initial consonant of this tense is usually aspirated in the active voice, when possible.
The termination aḋ or eaḋ in the 3rd sing. of this tense, as also in the Imperative and Conditional, is pronounced aċ, or aṁ.
274. When none of the particles ní, an, naċ, &c., precede the Imperfect Tense, do may be used before it. This do may be omitted except when the verb begins with a vowel or f. The compound particles, níor, ar, nár, gur, cár, &c. can never be used with the Imperfect Tense.
275. Whenever the word "would" is used in English to describe what used to take place, the Imperfect Tense, not the Conditional, is used in Irish, as—
- He would often say to me. Is minic adeireaḋ sé liom.
The Past Tense.
276. In the Past Tense active voice the initial consonant of the verb is aspirated. The remark which
