The interrogative are you usually? &c., is formed by prefixing m to each person; as, mbiañ tu? mbjañ se ? &c. (45.) Beidmid, bejó sinn, we 2 Beid, beid sib, ye, &c. Negative. PLURAL. i Ni beidmid, ni biañ siñ, we shall or will not be. 2 Ni bian sib, ye shall, &c. 3 Ni bian siad, they shall &c. Interrogative. PLURAL. (1 Mbeidmid? mbeid siñ ? 2 Mbeid sib ? shall ye, &c. Consuetudinal of the Future. SINGULAR. 3 Mur bias, or a bjas, as it shall be, or the person that is or shall be. (47.) Muna bruilim, mur bfuil) (1 Muna, bruilmid, muna me, if I be not. 2 Muna bfuil tu, if thou, &c. 3 Muna bfuil re, if he be not. bfuil riñ, if we be not. 2 Muna bfuil sib, if ye, &c. 3 Muna bfuil siad, if they be not. (48.) SINGULAR Preter Tense. Affirmative. 1 Má bios, má bi me, if I were, (49)---As the Preter of the Indicative Mood. 1 Da mbioñ, da mbjañ, if I) (1 Da mbiodmaois, da mbiad were or had been. 2 Da mbiadfa, if thou, &c. 3 Da mbjad, if he had been. rin, if we were, or had 2 Da mbiad sib, if ye, &c. Preter and Consuetudinal. Negative. shall not be. 1 Muna mbejċ me, if I shall) (1 Muna mbejo riñ, if we not be. 2 Muna mbeio tu, if thou, &c.2 Muna mbejo sibh, if ye, &c. 3 Muna mbejo re, if he, 3 Muna mbeid sjad, if they shall not be. (50.) &c. SINGULAR. OPTATIVE MOOD. 1 Go raib me, may I be. PLURAL. (1 Go raibmid, go raib siñ, 2 Go raib sib, may ye be. I wish I were, &c., is expressed, bud mait liom go raib me, or bfeam liom go raib me. (51.) Or by Tigim, I come, used impersonally; or by caitfid, must. To some one of these is joined such a word as, feidir, possible; cóir, right; eig11, necessity, &c., followed by the pronoun which should have been nominative to the verb, and by the verb itself in the infinitive mood; as, Is eigin daṁ a bejt, I must be; ir feidir hom a bejt, I may be; ba cóir daṁ a bejt, I should have been; ni a bejt, I cannot be; cajtfiò me a bejt, I must be. tig liom (52.) 1 Buailimid, let us strike. 3 Buailidis, buailidh siad, not thou, &c., is formed by The imperative negative strike prefixing na to each person; as, na buail, &c. Do or a bualad, to strike; Gan a bualaƊ, not to strike. The present negative I do not strike, &c., is formed by prefixing to each person; as, ni buailim, &c. The present interrogative do I strike ? &c., is formed by prefixing à or an to each person; as, a mbuailim ? &c. Present, with the relative a, who; anti, who; noc, which 30 de? what? ca huair? when? 30 de mur? how? having 4, who, which, expressed or understood. The preter negative is formed by prefixing njar to each person; as, njar buajleas, I did not strike. The preter interrogative is formed by prefixing har to each person; as, ŋar buail me ? did I strike? (56) Consuetudinal. Affirmative. SINGULAR. 1 Buailim, I usually strike. 3 Buailean se, he usually, &c.) PLURAL. (1 Buailean riñ, we usually, &c. 2 Buailean sibh, ye usually &c. 3 Buailean sad, they usually, &c. The consuetudinal negative and interrogative are formed as in the present; n buailean tu, thou dost not usually strike; 4 mbuailean se ? does he usually strike? |