Ta se dul nunn 's anall, Na bi dul sìos is suas, Sgeul a cuala me cian o soin, L } On fear crionna, a tainic a gcèin, Gur glas na mullaig bfad uainn, Ta an taran sin ro mait, Do buailead, è le duine eile, An mar sin ata? Na teig anonn nios mò, Beag na mbionn na He is going to and fro. Do not go up and down. A story that I heard long ago, From a wise man that came from afar. That hills are green far from us. That bread is very good. He was struck by another man. Is it so? Did he pay the debts? Do not go over any more. You are very lazy. Why did you meddle with it? Nar cuir se fios air a Did he send for his chest? cofra? PREPOSITION. 1. The following prepositions aspirate the nouns that they govern; viz. (140) 2. Ann, in, and iar, after, eclipse their nouns; as, (141.) Bhi me a nDùn, iar I was in Down, after dteaċt dam o hAlbain, coming from Scotland. * Le, with, o, from, and go, to, prefix h to vowels; as, rinne me sin le heagal, I did that through fear; cuaid se go hEirin, he went to Ireland. (142.) 3. Chum, to, Iar, after, Deis, after, Fead, throughout, Fud, among, Ionnsuid, unto, Reir, according to, Timcioll, about, and all the expressions, formed by the union of nouns with prepositions, govern the genitive; as, (143.) Indiaig eirige na gealaig, Bhi me tinn air fead na hoidce, After the moon's rising. I was sick during the night. 4. Do, to, governs the dative; and idir, between, the accusative; as, tabair an leabair do na mnaib, give the book to the women. viz. 5. All the other prepositions govern the ablative; Ag, at, Air, upon, Ann, in, As, out of, Chuige, to, Dar, by, De, of, Fa, upon, &c. Faoi, fuid, under, · Gan, without, Go, gus, to, D'eiriġ me uair roime la, Ni faran se air ni air bit, Nil moran daoine sàsta le na gcineamnaib, Ta siad air buile fa na rat, Le, leis, with, Seaca, by, in compa- Thar, tairis, over, I rose an hour before day. They are enraged at his prosperity. 6. Sometimes the government of the preposition is not observed, when gaċ, each, uile, all, or some such adjective comes before the substantive; as, cuaid fear le gaċ bean aca, a man went with every woman. (144.) The SYNTAX. FORE 135 The construction of prepositions promiscuously exemplified, Suid inaice an tsoluis, Seasam os cuinne an dorais, Na tar am amarc, Na bi a mbaile mòr, no a gcaislean, gan bean air do leitsgeul, Rinne me so le heagal, Çeitre troige air doimneaćd, Chuaid se fan mbaile, Chuaid se cum an baile, Chuaid si agcuinne mine, A ndeiread na hoidċe, Raca sise faoi Dhomnac, Beid si pòsda faoi ceann bliadna, Roime luide na hoidċe, Mar mnaoi a biad faoi lean dub, Sit near the light. Do not come into my sight. Be not in a city or castle roithout a woman to befriend you. I did this for fear. Three feet in depth. He went throughout or about the town. He went to the town. She went for meal. In the latter part of the night. Shewill go before Sunday. She will be married be fore a year. Before night fall. As a woman who would be under melancholy." Ta si neamacfuinea cair She is incapable of telling breug a innse, Bhi sròn cam air Gholl, Is cosmuil le firinne è, Sgriobam air uairib le solas coindle, Is cosmuil le bosgasnaoi sin è, Bionn si na gcomnaig sa teac mdr ud, a lie. Gaul had a crooked nose. Like the fingers of men playing harps. That is conformable to the truth. It is like the truth. Iwrite sometimes by candle light. It is like a snuff-box. She dwells in yonder great house. Se Se sin an bealać go Baile- Is beag a solas san tsao- Is le na natair è, Ni raibeamar a caint fad Ni lem toil a pòs si è, Ta mac san arm aige, Abair focal no do don amran, Ameasg mac na sagairt, Do peacamairne anagaid Do deana se siot a dtaoib That is the way to Duo Do you know whom I It is their father's. house. that she married him. He has a son in the army. Repeat a word or two of the song. We have sinned against CONJUNCTION. 1. The conjunctions agus, and, no, or, na, than, and the like, have the same moods, and cases, after them that go before them; as, amuil mar ata, agus bi, agus bias go brataċ, as it was, and is, and shall be for ever; tosac an lae agus na hoibre, the beginning of the day and of the work. (145.) 2. Mar, as, o, since, sul, before that, ma, if, mur, if not, na, than, gur, that, and their compounds, aspirate; as, Račam |