Wit, Character, Folklore & Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire / With a Glossary of over 4,000 Words and Idioms Now in Use

by Richard Blakeborough

Present Tense.

SINGULAR.	PLURAL.
Ah gan, or goa.	Wa
Thoo’s gahin’ or gannin’.	Ya		gan or goa.
He gans.	Tha

Indefinite—I was going.

Ah war, wur, or wuz		gahin’	Wa war, wur, or wuz		gahin’
Thoo wast or wart		or	Ya war, wur, or wuz }		or
He war or wuz		gannin’.	Tha war, wur, or wuz		gannin’.

Indefinite Perfect—I have gone.

Ah ’ev or Ah’ve		gane	Wa ’ev or wa’ve		gane,
Thoo’s or thoo ’ez} gane or		or	Ya ’ev or ya’ve } gane or		or
He’s or he ’ez		geean.	Tha’ev or tha’ve} geean.		geean.

Infinitive Mood.

Present.	Progressive.
Ti gan.	Ti be gahin’ or gannin’.
To go.	To be going.

Perfect.	Progressive.
Ti ’ev gane or ti ’a’e geean.	Ti ’ev been gahin’.
To have gone.	To have been going.

Present.
Gahin’ or ganning. Going.