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 THE IRREGULAR VERBS 143 rj>, were often used colloquially to express the impera- tive, without much discrimination between singular and plural. These verbs, especially mos and dos, are generally found in late Cornish in the auxiliary form with gwil and menny, but rarely in the simple inflected. i. Mos, to go. I. PRESENT OR FUTURE. Singular. Plural. 1. av or athov (older of}, i. en or dthen. 2. eth. or dtheth. 2. eugh or dtheugh. 3. a or at ha. 3. ans or dthans. II. IMPERFECT OR SECONDARY PRESENT. Singular. Plural. 1. //<?. i. (?//?. 2. ^//ctf. 2. elleugh. 3. //. 3. <?//<?*. III. PRETERITE. Singular. Plural. 1. ethen. i. ethen. 2. <?//$. 2. etheugh. 3. .?/$, e//a^. 3. ethons. IV. PLUPERFECT OR CONDITIONAL (probable, but not found). s Singular. Plural. 1. elsen. i. elsen. 2. elses. 2. elseugh. 3. elsa. 3. elsens. V. SUBJUNCTIVE. Singular. Plural. 1. //<?#. i. ellen. 2. <?//y. 2. elleugii. 3. <?//(?. 3. ellons.