tar / tiocfaidh

Coming in Present and Future

Level 3

Tar has present tagann and future tiocfaidh: Tagann sí gach lá; Tiocfaidh sí amárach. Its irregular stem changes belong to one verb.

How It Works

Tar has present tagann and future tiocfaidh: Tagann sí gach lá; Tiocfaidh sí amárach. Its irregular stem changes belong to one verb.

Tar uses tagann in the present and tiocfaidh in the future. Both belong to the same verb as past tháinig. A time phrase can make the contrast explicit, but the verb forms themselves also distinguish the present pattern from the future event.

Examples (3)

  1. Tagann sí gach lá.

    She comes every day.

  2. Tiocfaidh sí amárach.

    She will come tomorrow.

  3. Ní thiocfaidh sé inniu.

    He will not come today.

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tar / tiocfaidhLevel 3Coming in Present and Future

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