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Rh two, Tenses—the Present and the Future. In these two Tenses it ends in or. In all the other Tenses the third person singular is used after the relative pronoun. The verb is aspirated after the relative, expressed or understood; but eclipses.

The inflection of the relative form in present tense is not used in the spoken Language of to-day (except in proverbs). In Connaught the final of the relative form is added to the form for the 3rd person singular; e.g.,, the man who strikes; , the boy who understands. The literary form of the relative in the future tense is retained in full vigour in Connaught; e.g.,, the man who will strike. In Munster the relative form has entirely disappeared in both the present and the future tenses (except in proverbs). The 3rd person singular form has taken its place; e.g.,, the man who strikes.

As the relative has no inflection for case, ambiguity sometimes arises: e.g.,, may mean, either the man who struck John, or, the man whom John struck. The context usually solves the difficulty. The following construction is sometimes employed in order to obviate any ambiguity:—

, how;, when; and , as, are followed by the relative form of the verb in the Present and Future, and the verb is aspirated ; but with , or any