Vitaee wrote:
OK, but then how would you say:
He used to be == ??
We used to be == ??
In 3rd person you always need a pronoun (sé, sí, siad).
Bhíodh sé.Verb forms with pronouns are called "analytic verb forms": tá sé, beidh sé, bheadh sé, bhíodh sé, etc.
But in 1st person plural (= we) you had to use a synthetic verb form (i.e. verb and person combined in a single word) in Standard Irish until recently.
Bhímis = We used to be
In newer versions of Standard Irish you have the choice to use either
bhímis or the analytic
bheadh muid. Both forms* you will find in different dialects,
*) and variations like
bhímist