The interrogative are you usually? &c., is formed by prefixing m to each person; as, mbiañ tu? mbiañ se ? &c. (45.) Affirmative. Future Tense. 3 Mur bias, or a bjas, as it shall be, or the person that is or shall be. (47.) SINGULAR Preter Tense. Affirmative. 1 Má bios, má bi me, if I were, (49) ---As the Preter of the Indicative Mood. 1 Muna mbeie me, if I shall) (1 Muna mbejo riñ, if we not be. 2 Muna mbeid tu, if thou, &c. 3 Muna mbeid se, if he, &c. shall not be. 2 Muna mbeid sibh, if ye, &c. 3 Muna mbeid sjad, if they shall not be. (50.) OPTATIVE MOOD. SINGULAR. 1 Go raib me, may I be. 2 Go raib tu, mayest thou be. 3 Go raib se, may he be. PLURAL. (1 Go raibmid, go raib siñ, may we be. 2 Go raib sib, may ye̟ be. 3 Go raib siad, may they be. I wish I were, &c., is expressed, bud mait liom go raib me, or bream liom go raib me. (51.) Or by tigim, I come, used impersonally; or by cai¿fiò, must. To some one of these is joined such a word as, reidir, possible; cóir, right; eigi, 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 daṁ a bejt, I must be; is feidir liom a bejt, I may be; ba cóir daṁ a bejt, I should have been; ni iglom a bejt, I cannot be; caj¿fiò me a bejt, I must be. (52.) (1 Buailimid, let us strike. not thou, &c., is formed by The imperative negative strike prefixing na to each person; as, na buail, &c. Do or a bualad, to strike; Gan a bualaƊ, not to strike. The present negative I do not strike, &c., is formed by prefixing 1 to each person; as, ni buailim, &c. The present interrogative do I strike ? &c., is formed by prefixing 4 or an to each person; as, a mbuailim ? &c. Present, with the relative 4, who; anti, who; noc, which 30 de? what? ca huair? when ? go de mur? how? having 4, who, which, expressed or understood. 1 Go de buaileas me? what) [1 Ar siñ a buaileas, we do do I strike ? 2 Is tu a buajleas, it is thou that strikest. 3 Cja buailean re? whom does he strike. The preter negative is formed by prefixing ŋar to each person; as, njar buajleas, I did not strike. The preter interrogative is formed by prefixing nar to each person; as, nar buail me? did I strike? (56) The consuetudinal negative and interrogative are formed as in the present; buailean tu, thou dost not usually strike; 4 mbuailean se ? does he usually strike? |