R9 The Passive Tense
In English, this is things like It is done, The letter has been written. There are three ways of expressing this in Manx:
Method 1: Teh dooint - It is shut. (Use of past participle)
Method 2: Teh er ny screeu - It has been written (It is after its writing.)
Method 3: Teh goll er dooney - It is being shut (It is going on shutting.)
Strictly, Method 1 should be confined to situations where a state (not an action) is involved. Teh dooint implies a state of being shut.
No mutations of verbal nouns take place for Method 3
Note these other examples:
Tan baatey er ny choayl - The boat has been lost (Lenition of coayl)
Ta ny baatyn er nyn goayl - The boats have been lost (Nasalisation )
Veh er ny choayl - He had been lost (He was after his losing.)
Hie eh er coayl - It was lost (It went on losing.)
Hed eh er coayl - It will be lost (It will go on losing.)