Singular 1 Mbeidh me? shall I be? 2 Mbeidh tu? shalt, &c. 3 Mbeidh se? shall, &c. Plural 1 Mbeidhmid? mbeidh sinn? W shall we? &c. 2 Mbeidh sibh? shall ye? &c. 3 Mbeidh siad? shall they? &c. Consuetudinal of the 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, muṛ 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 1 Ma bhiam, if I shall be 2 Ma bhionn tu, if thou shalt be Plural 1 Ma bhiomaoid, ma bhionn 2 Ma bhionn sibh, if ye, &c. 3 Ma bhionn se, if he shall be Ma bhionn siad, if they, &c. 3 1 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 caithid, 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 dan a beit, I should have been; ni tig liom a beit, I cannot be; caitfid me a beit, I must be. (52) The imperative negative strike not thou, &c. is formed by prefixing na to each person; as, na buail, &c. Affirmative. INFINITIVE MOOD. Negative Do, or a bhualadh, to strike; Gan a bhualadh, not to strike Present a bualadh, striking; PARTICIPLES. Preter Future Iar mbualadh, hav-ar ti bualadh, or le ing struck n bualadh, about to strike The present negative I do not strike, &c. is formed by prefixing ni to each person; as, ni bhuailim, &c. The present interrogative do I strike? &c. is formed by prefixing a or an to each person; as, a mbuailim? &c. Present, with the relative a, who; anti, who; noc, which; go de? what? ca huair? when? go de mur? how? having a, who, which, expressed or understood. Singular Plural 1 Go de buaileas me?] [1 as sinn a buaileas, we what do I strike? 2 is tu a buaileas, it is thou that strikest 3 cia buailean se? whom does he strike? Preter. Singular 1 Do bhuaileas, bhuail me, I struck 2 Do bhuailis, bhuail tu, thou struckest 3 Do bhuail, bhuail se, he struck do strike 2 go de buaileas sib? what do ye strike? 3 ca huair a buaileas siad? when do they strike? (54) Affirmative. Plural 1 Do bhuaileamar, bhuail sinn, we struck 2 Do bhuaileabhar, bhuail sibh, ye struck 3 Do bhuaileadar, bhuail siad, they struck, (55) The preter negative is formed by prefixing niar to each person; as, niar buaileas, I did not strike. The preter interrogative is formed by prefixing nar to each person; as, ar buail me? did I strike? (56) |