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THE AUXILIARY VERBS 129 II. THE IMPERFECT TENSE, / was doing. (a). Inflected. Singular. Plural. 1 . gwrellen, gwren. i . gwrellen, gwren. 2. gwrelles, gwres. 2. gwrelleugh. 3. gwrella, gwre. 3. gwrellens. (b). Impersonal. Mi a wrella, ti a wrella, etc. This tense is seldom used as an auxiliary, and is often confused with the subjunctive. III. THE PERFECT TENSE, / did. (a). Inflected. Oldform. Singular. Plural. 1. gwrugaf, gwruge. i. gwrussyn. 2. gwrussys. 2. gwrussough. 3. gwruk. 3. gwrussons. Later form of old form. Singular. Plural. 1. gwrigaf, gwriga. i. gwressen, gwreithen. 2. gwresses. 2. gwressough, gwreithough. 3. gwrtg. 3. gwressons, gwreithons. Modern form. Singular. Plural. 1. gwrigav vi. i. gwrigon ny. 2. gwris, gwrista, gwriges di. 2. gwrigough why. 3. gwrig, gwriga, gwres. 3. gwrigans y. The last form seems to have completely superseded the other in late Cornish. It seems to be formed by taking the irregular third person singular as a root, and forming the rest of the persons from it on the analogy of the present tense. Where it is found and the first person