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a

auxiliary verbaction

Dialectal auxiliary have for perfect

Dialectal form of 'have', used as an auxiliary to form perfect tenses (e.g. 'I a been' = 'I have been').

Example in use

We a seen a selkie.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/AH/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

Local variations

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