Editing Newfoundland English (section)

=== "After" past ===
In a move that was almost certainly taken from [[Hiberno-English]] and influenced by the [[Irish language]], Newfoundland English avoids using the verb "to have" in [[past participles]] and prefers formulations with "after" such as "I'm after telling him to stop" instead of "I have told him to stop." That is because Irish has no verb "to have" but more particularly has a construction using the words ''Tar éis'' (meaning "after") to convey the sense of having just done something: ''Táim tar éis é a dhéanamh'' means "I am just after doing it" or "I have just done it." Possession in Irish would be indicated by ''Ta ... agam'', literally "... is at me."