FORMATION OF THE MOODS AND TENSES. ACTIVE VOICE. Every regular Verb has six principal parts, in the active voice, from which all the moods, and tenses are formed: viz. (69) 1. The imperative; as, buail, strike; crom, bend. 2. The infinitive, usually formed by adding ad, to the imperative, if the last vowel is broad; ead, if small; as, do buailead, or do bualad, to strike; do cromad, to bend. (70) 3. The present, formed by adding im, or am, to the imperative; as, buailim, Istrike; cromam, I bend. 4. The preter,, formed by adding as, is, or eas, to the imperative; as, do buaileas, I struck; do cromas, I bent. 5. The future, formed by adding ad, ead, or id; fad, fead, or fid, to the imperative; as, buailfead, I will strike; cromfad, I will bend. (71) 6 The consuetudinal, subjunctive, formed by adding fann, fuinn, or finn, to the imperative; as, da mbuailfinn, had I struck; da gcromfuinn, had I bent. (72) Regular Regular verbs are therefore conjugated through the primary tenses active, in this manner; 8 1 Buail, do bualad, buailim, do buaileas, buailfead, da mbuailfinn, strike. Bris, do brisead, brisim, do briseas, brisfead, da mbrisfinn, break. Cas, do casad, casam, do casas, casfad, da gcasfuinn, twist. Ceap, do ceapad, ceapam, do ceapas, ceapfad, da gceapfuinn, shape, or fit. Agall, d' agallad, agallam, d' agallas, agallfad, da nagallfuinn, accost. Baist, do baistead, baistim, do baisteas, baistfead, da mbaistfinn, baptize. Arduig, d' ardugad, arduigim, d' arduigeas, airdeoċfad, da nairdeoċfuinn, raise, Cruinnig, do cruinniugad, cruinnigim, do čruinnigeas, cruinneoċfad, do gcruinneocfuinn, gather. In this manner conjugate, buaidir, -buaidread, trou-glàn,--ġlànad, clean fasten druid,--druidead, shut claon,--claonad, lamentiarr, -iarraig, search or ask las,--lasad, burn lom,--lomad, make thin meall, osgaoil,--osgaoilead, open sginn, -sginnead, gush pleasg,--pleasgad, burst siob,--siobad, drift pog,--pogad, kiss slaodar,--slaodarad, drag pos,--posad, marry smuain,--smuainead, con pronn,--pronnad, bestow sider plùc,--plùcad, smother sgairt,--sgairtead, call preab,--preabad, kick sgailt,--sgailtead, split reub,--reubad, tear sguab,--sguabad, sweep sgag,--sgagad, digest sgriob, -sgriobad, scratch sgriob,--sgriobad, write sgaoil,--sgaoilead, loose reid,--reidead, settle rol,--rolad, roll rusg,--rusgad, scourge sgab,--sgabad, seatter samail, -ŝamalad, compare Many verbs have the infinitive and imperative alike; and in some the imperative can only be distinguished from the infinitive, by having a small vowel in the termination. In all other parts they are conjugated regularly; as, (78) Diol, do diol, diolam, do diolas, diolfad, da ndiolfuinn, sell or pay. Cuir, do cur, cuirim, do cuireas, cuirfead, da gcuirfinn, send or put. The following is a list of the most usual. These form the infinitive in 7, viz. admuig, d'admail, con- | fag,--fagbail, leave The loving have the infinitive in t; viz. ionoll,--ionlat, wash seaċan,--seaċaint, shun cast leig,--leigin, or leigint, rit,--ritint, run teilg,--teilgin, or teilgint, J lean,--leanmuint, follow feuc,--feucaint, behold feic,--feicsint, see sgar,--sgarmuin, or sgar- fan,--fanmuint, stay permit muint, separate The following cannot be reduced to any general rule; viz. ail, d'aileamuin, nourish | imtig,--imteact, go geall,---geallamuin, pro- seas,--seasam, stand blig,--bliagan, milk mise innis,--innse, tell eist--eisteaċt, hear gair,--gairm, call sinn,--sinim, play music gluas,---ġluasaċd, move. (74) PASSIVE VOICE. Every regular verb has five principal parts, in the passive voice, viz. 1. The participle, formed by adding ta, or te to the imperative, active; as, buail, strike, buailte, struck; cas, twist, casta, twisted. 2. The imperative and the present, formed by adding tar, or tear to the imperative; as, buailtear, be struck, or I am struck; castar, I am twisted. 3. The preter, formed by adding ad or ead to the imperative active; as, do buailead, I was struck; do casad, I was twisted. 4. The future, formed by adding ar or ear, far or fear to the imperative active; as, buailfear, I shall be struck; casfar, I will be twisted. 5. The preter subjunctive, formed by adding faoidh, or fidh to the imperative active; as, da mbuailtid, if I had been struck; da gcasfaoid, if I had been twisted. Regular |