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134 GRAMMAR II. PAST, / would. This is really the pluperfect, (a). Inflected. Singular. Plural. 1. menjon, menjam (older i. menjon (menseri). mensen). 2. menjes (menses}. 2. menjough (menseugh). 3. menja (mensd). 3. menjons (mensens). (b). Impersonal. Mi a very a, ti a venja, etc. These are the only two tenses in common use as auxiliaries. Lhuyd gives another of mixed imperfect and preterite, menmn, mennyz, mennaz, mennen, menneh, mennenz.