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The genitives of the personal pronouns are called possessives; viz. mo, my; do, thy; ar, our; bur, your; a, his, her, its, their.

When mo, do, ar, a, are preceded by the prepositions le, with; ua, from; do, to; ann, in; they are abbreviated in the following manner:

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A, who, which, an te, an ti, who, which, that, ee be, whoever. (30)

INTERROGATIVE.

Creud? go de? what? masc. cia? ce? fem. ci? plural, ciad? who? what? which? ca? what? (31)

DEMONSTRATIVE.

So, this, these, sin, that, those, ud, yonder. (32)

COMPOUND.

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1 fam, or fum, under me 1 fuinn, under us

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From le, along with, or together with.

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

2 torad, tort, over thee

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Stairis, over him tairste, over her

Singular

2 toruib, over you 3 torra, over them

From ua, from.

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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, damsa, 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.

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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)

VERB.

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)

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