do, sign of the preter, do buaileas, I struck iar, sign of the preter participle, iar mbualad, having struck

le, signs of the future participle, le bualad, or ar ti, ar ti bualad, about to strike

To these may be added, ma, if; muna, mur, if not; da, if; go, that, &c. but these are more properly classed with conjunctions. (92)

PREPOSITION.

The following is a list of the most usual, and simple prepositions. (93)

Ag, at

air, upon
ann, in
as, out of
cum, to

iar, after
idir, between
ionnsuid, unto
lé, leis, with
mar, like to, as

o, ua, from
os, above

re, ris, to

reir, according to

roime, before

seaca, by, in comparison

with

fud, among

gan, without

go, gus, to

timċioll, about

tre, trid, through

um, uime, about (94)

Many relations are predicated, by the union of nouns with the foregoing prepositions; as,

From ag, at.

CONJUNCTIQN.

The following is a list of the most usual con

no, or, nor, else, other-ni, neither (102)

INTERJECTION.

In Irish, as in all other languages, there are various exclamations, many of them inarticulate, used to express sudden emotions of the mind. The following are a few of the most usual.

SYNTAX.

ARTICLE.

1. The article agrees with its substantive, in gender, number, and case; as, an fear, the man ; na mna, the woman.

2. For the influence of the article, in aspirating, eclipsing, &c. the noun with which it is declined, sce pages, 30, 31, 32.

3. When two nouns come together, signifying the same person or thing, that one only is eclipsed or aspirated which is immediately joined with the article; as, tig an bratair Briain, the house of brother Brian.

4. When the article follows a particle ending in a vowel, it loses a; as, o, from, an, the; on, from the; do an, to the; don.

5. When the article precedes a word beginning with a consonant, the n is scarcely heard in speaking; and in poetry it is sometimes altogether omitted; as, an tinne, commonly pronounced a tinne, the fire. (105).

6. When the article precedes f, or feminines beginning with vowels, the n is often separated from a, and prefixed to the following noun; as, an fir, written and pronounced a nfir, of the man; an uair, written and pronounced a nuair, the hour. (106)

7. When the article follows ann, in, for better sound, s is inserted between it and ann; as, ann sa nuair, in the hour.

*This is frequently written san; as, san dtir, in the country. Or, omitting n, it is written sa; as, sa dtig, in the house.