1 2 { { Plural 1 Tamoid, ta sinn, we are 3 Ta, ta siad, they are. (40) Negative. Plural 1 Ni bhfuil sinn, ni bhfuilmid, or nielmid, we are not 2 Ni bhfuilti, ni bhfuil sibh, niel sibh, ye are not 3 Ni bhfuil siad, niel siad, they are not Interrogative. Plural 1 Bhfuilmid? bhfuil sinn? are we? Preter Tense. Singular Do bhios, do bhi me I was, or I have been 2 Bhfuil sibh? are ye? 3 Bhfuil siad? are they? (41) 1 Affirmative. { Plural Do bhiomur, do bhi sinn, do bhamur, do bha sinn, we were, or have been Do bhadhas, do bha me) Do bhi sibh, do bha sibh, Do bhidhis, do bhi tu 3 Do bhi se, do bha se, he 2 The negative I am not usually, &c. is formed by prefixing ni to each person; as, ni bhim, ni bhiann tu, &c. The interrogative are you usually? &c. is formed by prefixing m to each person; as, mbiann tu? mbiann se? &c. (45) Future Tense. Affirmative. Singular 1 Beid, beidh me, I shall be 3 Beidh, beidh se, he shall be Plural 1 Beidhmid, beidh sinn, we 2 Beidh, beidh sibh, ye, &c. Future. Future. Negative. Singular 1 Ni bhiam, I shall or will not be 2 Ni bhiann tu, thou shalt, &c. 3 Ni bhiann se, he shall, &c. Plural 1 Ni bheidhmid, ni bhiann sinn, we shall or will not be 2 Ni bhian sibh, ye shall, &c. 3 Ni bhian siad, they shall, &c. Future. Interrogative. 1 Mbeidh me? shall I be? Plural 1 Mbeidhmid? mbeidh sinn? 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, mur bhfuil 2 Muna bhfuil tu, if thou, &c. 3 Muna bhfuil se, if he be not Plural 1 Muna bhfuilmid, muna Preter Tense. Affirmative. Singular 1 Ma bios, ma bi me, if I were, (49)—As the Preter of the Indicative Mood. Preter Preter and Consuetudinal. 1 Muna be go raibh me, if I- 2 Muna be go raibh tu, if thou had not been 3 Muna be go raibh se, if he had not been Negative. Plural 1 Muna be go raibh sinn, if we had not been 2 Muna be go raibh sibh, if ye had not been 3 Muna be go raibh siad, if they had not been Future Tense. Affirmative. 1 Nar raibh me, may I not be 2 Narraibh tu, mayest thou, &c. Plural 1 Ma bhiomaoid, ma bhionn sinn, If we shall be 2 Ma bhionn sibh, if ye, &c. 3 Ma bhionn siad, if they, &c. Negative. Plural 1 Muna mbeidh sinn, if we shall not be 2 Muna mbeidh sibh, if ye, &c. 3 Muna mbeidh siad, if they shall not be. (50) MOOD. Plural 1 Go raibhmid, go raibh sinn, may we be 2 Go raibh sibh, may ye be 3 Go raibh siad, may they be Negative. Plural 1 Nar raibh mid, nar raibh sinn, may we not be 2 Nar raibh sibh, may ye not be 3 Nar raibh se, may he not be Narraibh siad, may they not be 3 I wish 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 imper sonal, Present as, or is, it is Preter Future ba, it was bud, it shall or will be or by tigim, I come, used impersonally; or by caitfid, 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 dam a beit, I should have been; ni tig liom a beit, I cannot be; caitfid me a beit, I must be. (52) |