The past tense
An tràth caithte
We also saw examples of the habitual past tense :
bha timcheall air 20,000 Gàidheal ann an Tasmania a bhruidhneadh Gàidhlig
there were approximately 20,000 Gaels in Tasmania who spoke Gaelic
chan ann dìreach a dh'Alba Nuadh a rachadh an luchd-imrich
the emigrants went [would go] not just to Nova Scotia
Agus uaireannan thilleadh deannan dhachaigh
And sometimes a few would return home
and the past tense, passive which has a very similar form:
thugadh Reachdan Ì a-steach ann an 1609
The Statutes of Iona were introduced in 1609
'S e Siostam Fiùdalach a chuireadh air dòigh na àite
It was a Siostam Fiùdalach (a feudal system) that was set up in its place
rinn e às aig na tharraingeadh e
he made off as fast as he could be dragged
thòisicheadh iris Ghàidhlig ann an Hobart
a Gaelic journal was started in Hobart
Thugadh geallaidhean seachad.
Promises were given/made.
Thogadh mac-samhail (replica) den Hector.
A replica of the Hector was built.
… ged a thòisicheadh Na Fuadaichean beagan an dèidh Chùil Lodair
… although the evictions were begun a little after Culloden