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 132 GRAMMAR 3. Gaily, to be able. I. PRESENT OR FUTURE, I can or I may. (a). Inflected. Singular. Plural. 1 . gettam, gallam, gellav. 2. gallos, gelleth. 3- gel- (b). Impersonal. Mt a el or mi el, etc. 1. gellen. 2. gellough, gallough. 3. gellons. II. PAST (mixed preterite and pluperfect), I could or / might. (a). Inflected. Singular. 1 . galjen, gelles. 2. galjes. 3. galja, gallas. (b). Impersonal. Ml alja, etc. III. SUBJUNCTIVE, / may be able. (a). Inflected. Singular. 1. gellev, gallen. 2. gelly. 3. gallo, gelly. Plural. 1. galjen, gelsen. 2. galjeugh, gelseugh. 3 . galjens, gellens. Plural. 1. gellen. 2. gelleugh, gallough. 3. gallons. This verb is chiefly used (as has been said) as an auxiliary in the present and past tenses, in the sense of can, could, or may, might. In direct sentences the impersonal form is most usual, in negative, inter- rogative, and dependent sentences the inflected form in the second state of the initial, which is influenced by the particle a, generally, however, not expressed,