Imatges de pàgina
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From le, along with, or together with.

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From roime, before.
Singular

1 romam, before me
2 romad, before thee
Sma. roime, before him
fe. roimpe, before her

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Plural

1 romuinn, before us 2 romuib, before you 3 rompa, before them

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1 thorum, torm, over me 1 torainn, over us

2 torad, tort, over thee

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2 toruib, over you
3 torra, over them

From ua, from.

mas. uad, from him
fem. uaite, from her

Plural
1 uainn, from us
2 uaib, from you
3 uadfa, from them

From

From um, about, or upon, as cloaths, &c.

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Personal, possessive, and compound pronouns, take an additional syllable, when used with a particular emphasis; or placed in contra distinction to each other. (35).

In personal and compound pronouns, if the last vowel be broad, sa is added to the first, second and third person feminine of the singular; and to the second person plural; but se is added, if the last vowel be small.

In like manner san or sean is added to the third person masculine, singular, and to the third person plural.

Ne is added to the first person plural: as,

Dam, to me, dansa, to myself; duit, to thee, duitse, to thyself; sinn, we, sinne, ourselves; è, he, esean, himself; me I, mise, myself: i, she, ise, herself; liom, with me, liomsa, with myself; linn, with us, linne, with ourselves.

In this manner decline all the personal and compound pronouns, except in the genitive case; for, Possessive pronouns require the increase to be made in the nouns that are joined with them; as, lam, a hand, mo lamsa, my own hand; or if that noun be followed by an adjective, the increase is made in that adjective; as, mo lam gealsa, my white hand.

In this manner decline,

Mo ceann dub, my black head. a leabar, his book.

ar natair, our father.

a gcosa duba, their black feet.
bur suile arda, your lofty eyes. (36)

VER B.

Verbs are of three kinds, Active, Passive, and Neuter or Reflected.

There are seven variations of the Verb, as to signification; viz. the Imperative, and Infinitive Moods, Participles, Indicative, Potential, Optative and Subjunctive Moods.

There are four variations of the Verb, as to time; viz. the Present, Preter, Consuetudinal, and Future Tenses. (37)

Conjugation of the Auxiliary, Bi, be.

Singular

1

2 Bi, be thou

IMPERATIVE MOOD.

3 Biodhse, let him be

Plural

1 Biodhmaoid, biodh sinn, let us be
2 Bigidhe, or biodh sibh, be ye
3 Bidis, or biodh siad, let them be

The negative be not, &c. is formed by prefixing na to each person; as, na bidis, or na biod siad, let them not.

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Present.
Singular

1 Bhfuil me? am I?

2 Bhfuil tu? bhfuilir? art thou?

3 Bhfuil se? is he?

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Plural

1 Tamoid, ta sinn, we are
2 Ta, ta sibh, ye are

3 Ta, ta siad, they are. (40)

Negative.

Plural

1 Ni bhfuil sinn, ni bhfuilmid,
or nielmid, we are not
2 Ni bhfuilti, ni bhfuil sibh,
niel sibh, ye are not

3 Ni bhfuil siad, niel siad,
they are not

Interrogative.

Plural

1 Bhfuilmid? bhfuil sinn? are
we?

2 Bhfuil sibh? are ye?

3 Bhfuil siad? are they? (41)

Preter Tense. Affirmative.

Singular

J Do bhios, do bhi me
Do bhadhas, do bha me
I was, or I have been

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Do bhidhis, do bhi tu
do bhadhais, do bha tu
thou wast, or hast been

3 Do bhi se, do bha se, he
was, or has been

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Plural

Bidhmid, biann sinn, we are

usually

2 Biann sibh, ye are usually 3 Biann siad, they, &c. (44)

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.

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