How did you say that?

Ciamar a thuirt thu sin?

To ask questions such as cuin(e)? (when?), ciamar? (how?), càit(e)? (where?) with irregular past tense verbs , we need to remember the two parts of each verb:

• the positive statement or answer: the independent form and  
• the question, negative question and negative statement or answer: the dependent form. 

Let's look at dèan (make/do) in the past tense. The question words which go with the independent form are: 

Càit(e) (where) behaves differently by using the dependent form: 

You'll be pleased to know that this pattern works for all verbs, regular and irregular. Let's look at two more examples, featuring rach (go) and faic (see)