[fanfan]

such as the absence of the present tense

Wouldn't that make it difficult to understand things like now, and today?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

sionnsar: such as the absence of the present tense

fanfan: Wouldn't that make it difficult to understand things like now, and today?

It's certainly lost on liberals - they use events of long ago to use as a stick to beat today!!

[sionnsar]

>such as the absence of the present tense
Wouldn't that make it difficult to understand things like now, and today?

Surprisingly, no. (They even have two 'now's: a-nis which is "now" and an-drasd which is "immediately right now".)

Instead of "I do..." or "I am doing...", they say "I am at (the) doing..."

I've always wondered, because "at" ("aig") is usually shortened to "a'" (Tha mi a'deanamh...), if this isn't the origin of the English form "I'm a'fishing," lit. "I am at fishing."