If you're trying to learn Scottish Verbs which is also called Scots, check our courses about Verbs in the present past and future tense... to help you with your Scottish grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Scottish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Scottish Verbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Scottish language. But first we need to know what the role of Verbs is in the structure of the grammar in Scottish.
Scottish verbs are words that convey action (bring, read, walk, run), or a state of being (exist, stand). In most languages a verb may agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. Here are some examples:
| English Verbs | Scottish Verbs |
|---|---|
| Verbs | verbs |
| Past | pest |
| I spoke | Ah spoke |
| I wrote | Ah wrote |
| I drove | Ah drove |
| I loved | Ah loo'd |
| I gave | Ah gae |
| I smiled | Ah smiled |
| I took | Ah took |
| he spoke | he spoke |
| he wrote | he wrote |
| he drove | he drove |
| he loved | he loo'd |
| he gave | he gae |
| he smiled | he smiled |
| he took | he took |
| we spoke | we spoke |
| we wrote | we wrote |
| we drove | we drove |
| we loved | we loo'd |
| we gave | we gae |
| we smiled | we smiled |
| we took | we took |
| Future | future |
| I will speak | Ah will spick |
| I will write | Ah will write |
| I will drive | Ah will drife |
| I will love | Ah will loove |
| I will give | Ah will gie |
| I will smile | Ah will smile |
| I will take | Ah will tak' |
| he will speak | he will spick |
| he will write | he will write |
| he will drive | he will drife |
| he will love | he will loove |
| he will give | he will gie |
| he will smile | he will smile |
| he will take | he will tak' |
| we will speak | we will spick |
| we will write | we will write |
| we will drive | we will drife |
| we will love | we will loove |
| we will give | we will gie |
| we will smile | we will smile |
| we will take | we will tak' |
| Present | present |
| I speak | Ah spick |
| I write | Ah write |
| I drive | Ah drife |
| I love | Ah loove |
| I give | Ah gie |
| I smile | Ah smile |
| I take | Ah tak' |
| he speaks | he speaks |
| he writes | he writes |
| he drives | he dri'es |
| he loves | he loves |
| he gives | he gi'es |
| he smiles | he smiles |
| he takes | he takes |
| we speak | we spick |
| we write | we write |
| we drive | we drife |
| we love | we loove |
| we give | we gie |
| we smile | we smile |
| we take | we tak' |
Notice the structure of the Verbs in Scottish.
Below is a list of the conjugated Verbs in the present past and future in Scottish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Scottish vocabulary.
| English Verbs | Scottish Verbs |
|---|---|
| I can accept that | Ah can accept 'at |
| she added it | she added it |
| we admit it | we admit it |
| they advised him | they advised heem |
| I can agree with that | Ah can agree wi' 'at |
| she allows it | she allows it |
| we announce it | we annoonce it |
| I can apologize | Ah can apologize |
| she appears today | she appears the-day |
| they arranged that | they arranged 'at |
| I can arrive tomorrow | Ah can arrife tha' moorns nicht |
| she can ask him | she can ask heem |
| she attaches that | she attaches 'at |
| we attack them | we lat at them |
| they avoid her | they avoid 'er |
| I can bake it | Ah can bake it |
| she is like him | she is loch heem |
| we beat it | we beat it |
| they became happy | they becam canty |
| I can begin that | Ah can begin 'at |
| we borrowed money | we borrowed bunsens |
| they breathe air | they breathe air |
| I can bring it | Ah can brin' it |
| I can build that | Ah can build 'at |
| she buys food | she buys scran |
| we calculate it | we calculate it |
| they carry it | they carry it |
| they don't cheat | they dornt cheat |
| she chooses him | she chooses heem |
| we close it | we close it |
| he comes here | he comes haur |
| I can compare that | Ah can compaur 'at |
| she competes with me | she competes wi' me |
| we complain about it | we greit abit it |
| they continued reading | they continued readin' |
| he cried about that | he cried abit 'at |
| I can decide now | Ah can decide noo |
| she described it to me | she described it tae me |
| we disagree about it | we disagree abit it |
| they disappeared quickly | they disappeared quickly |
| I discovered that | Ah discovered 'at |
| she dislikes that | she dislikes 'at |
| we do it | we dae it |
| they dream about it | they dream abit it |
| I earned | Ah earned |
| he eats a lot | he eats a lot |
| we enjoyed that | we enjoyed 'at |
| they entered here | they entered haur |
| he escaped that | he escaped 'at |
| I can explain that | Ah can explain 'at |
| she feels that too | she feels 'at tay |
| we fled from there | we fled frae thaur |
| they will fly tomorrow | they will fly tha' moorns nicht |
| I can follow you | Ah can follaw ye |
| she forgot me | she forgot me |
| we forgive him | we forgife heem |
| I can give her that | Ah can gie 'er 'at |
| she goes there | she goes thaur |
| we greeted them | we greeted them |
| I hate that | Ah hate 'at |
| I can hear it | Ah can hear it |
| she imagine that | she imagine 'at |
| we invited them | we invited them |
| I know him | Ah ken heem |
| she learned it | she learned it |
| we leave now | we lae noo |
| they lied about him | they lied abit heem |
| I can listen to that | Ah can listen tae 'at |
| she lost that | she tint 'at |
| we made it yesterday | we gart it yesterday |
| they met him | they mit heem |
| I misspell that | Ah misspeel 'at |
| I always pray | Ah aye pray |
| she prefers that | she prefers 'at |
| we protected them | we protected them |
| they will punish her | they will punish 'er |
| I can put it there | Ah can pit it thaur |
| she will read it | she will reid it |
| we received that | we received 'at |
| they refuse to talk | they refuse tae gab |
| I remember that | Ah min' 'at |
| she repeats that | she repeats 'at |
| we see it | we see it |
| they sell it | they seel it |
| I sent that yesterday | Ah sent 'at yesterday |
| he shaved his beard | he shaved his beard |
| it shrunk quickly | it shrunk quickly |
| we will sing it | we will sin' it |
| they sat there | they sat thaur |
| I can speak it | Ah can spick it |
| she spends money | she spends bunsens |
| we suffered from that | we suffered frae 'at |
| they suggest that | they suggest 'at |
| I surprised him | Ah surprised heem |
| she took that | she took 'at |
| we teach it | we teach it |
| they told us | they tauld us |
| she thanked him | she thanked heem |
| I can think about it | Ah can hink abit it |
| she threw it | she threw it |
| we understand that | we kin 'at |
| they want that | they want 'at |
| I can wear it | Ah can wear it |
| she writes that | she writes 'at |
| we talk about it | we gab abit it |
| they have it | they hae it |
| I watched it | Ah watched it |
| I will talk about it | Ah will gab abit it |
| he bought that yesterday | he booght 'at yesterday |
| we finished it | we finished it |
Verbs in the present past and future tense have a very important role in Scottish. Once you're done with the Scots Verbs, you might want to check the rest of our Scottish lessons here: Learn Scottish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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