Saying what you are.

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Níall Beag
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Re: Saying what you are.

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Thrissel wrote:Isn't Am faic thu ? "Will you see?" or "Can you see?", rather than "Do..." ?
And this is why I don't like calling "do you...?" etc the "present simple" in English. I prefer to call it the "present habitual". It isn't a proper present tense at all (despite what the books say).
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