Anne is really nosey and was pestering poor John for his gossip. Here’s some vocabulary they used.
an tuirt …?
did… say?
nach tuirt… ?
didn’t… say?
thuirt …
… said
cha tuirt …?
didn’t… say?
dè thuirt thu?
what did you say?
dè thuirt sibh?
what did you say?
Irregular verbs
Let’s look at the table of irregular verbs again
Òrdugh | command | An tràth caithte | The past tense |
abair / can | say | thuirt | said |
beir | catch | rug | caught |
cluinn | hear | chuala | heard |
dèan | do | rinn | made |
faic | see | chunnaic | saw |
faigh | get | fhuair | got |
rach | go | chaidh | went |
ruig | arrive | ràinig | came |
thoir | give | thug | gave |
thig | come | thàinig | came |
But what is different about thuirt in the past tense?
An tuirt …?
did… say?
Nach tuirt… ?
didn’t… say?
Thuirt …
… said
Cha tuirt …?
didn’t… say?
Dè thuirt thu?
What did you say?
Dè thuirt sibh?
What did you say?
Thuirt becomes tuirt following an, cha or nach. Unlike most other verbs in the past tense, with thuirt there is no do following an, cha or nach.