The negative I am not usually, &c. is formed by prefixing ni to each person; as, ni bhim, ni bhiann tu, &c. 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 3 Beidh, beidh se, he shall be Plural 1 Beidhmid, beidh sinn, we 2 Beidh, beidh sibh, ye, &c. Future. Singular. 3 Mur bias, or a bias, as it shall be, or the person that is or shall be. (47) Present, &c. Negative. 1 Muna bhfuilim, mur bhfuil 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 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) |