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====To be====
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The Irish equivalent of the verb "to be" has two present tenses, one (the present tense proper or "{{lang|ga|aimsir láithreach}}") for cases which are generally true or are true at the time of speaking and the other (the habitual present or "{{lang|ga|aimsir ghnáthláithreach}}") for repeated actions. Thus, "you are [now, or generally]" is {{lang|ga|tá tú}}, but "you are [repeatedly]" is {{lang|ga|bíonn tú}}. Both forms are used with the verbal noun (equivalent to the English [[present participle]]) to create compound tenses. This is similar to the distinction between {{lang|es|[[wikt:ser|ser]]}} and {{lang|es|[[wikt:estar|estar]]}} in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] or the use of the "[[habitual be]]" in [[African-American Vernacular English]].

The corresponding usage in English is frequently found in rural areas, especially [[County Mayo]] and [[County Sligo]] in the west of Ireland and [[County Wexford]] in the south-east, inner-city Dublin and Cork city along with border areas of the North and Republic. In this form, the verb "to be" in English is similar to its use in Irish, with a "does be/do be" (or "bees", although less frequently) construction to indicate the continuous, or habitual, present:
* "He does be working every day." {{lang|ga|Bíonn sé ag obair gach lá.}}
* "They do be talking on their mobiles a lot." {{lang|ga|Bíonn siad ag caint go minic ar a bhfóin póca.}}
* "He does be doing a lot of work at school." {{lang|ga|Bíonn sé ag déanamh go leor oibre ar scoil.}}
* "It's him I do be thinking of." {{lang|ga|Is air a bhíonn mé ag smaoineamh.}}