Imatges de pàgina
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The negative I am not usually, &c. is formed by prefixing ni to each person; as, ni bhim, ni bhiann tu, &c.

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The interrogative are you usually? &c. is formed by prefixing m to each person; as, mbiann tu? mbiann se? &c. (45)

Future Tense. Affirmative.

Singular

1 Beid, beidh me, I shall be
2 Beir, beidh tu, thou shalt be

3 Beidh, beidh se, he shall be

Plural

1 Beidhmid, beidh sinn, we
shall be

2 Beidh, beidh sibh, ye, &c.
3 Beidh, beidh siad, they shall
be. (46)

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Singular.

3 Mur bias, or a bias, as it shall be, or the person that is or shall be. (47)

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Present, &c. Negative.
Singular

1 Muna bhfuilim, mur bhfuil
me, If I be not

2 Muna bhfuil tu, if thou, &c. 3 Muna bhfuil se, if he be not

Plural

1 Muna bhfuilmid, muna bhfuil sinn, if we be not

2 Muna bhfuil sibh, if ye, &c. 3 Muna bhfuil siad, if they be not. (48)

Preter Tense. Affirmative.

Singular

1 Ma bios, ma bi me, if I were, (49)-As the Preter of the Indicative Mood.

Preter

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Preter.

I wish I were, &c. is expressed, budh mhaith liom go raibh me, or bfearr liom go raibh me. (51)

POTENTIAL MOOD.

The potential is formed by the auxiliary impersonal,

Preter

Present Future as, or is, it is ba, it was bud, it shall or will be or by tiġim, I come, used impersonally; or by caitfid, must. To some one of these is joined such a word as, feidir, possible; còir, right; eigin, 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 dam a beit, I must be; is feidir liom a beit, I may be; ba còir dam a beit, I should have been; ni tig liom a beit, I cannot be; caitsid me a beit, I must be. (52)

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The imperative negative strike not thou, &c. is formed by prefixing na to each person; as, na buail, &c.

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