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Concubar o Hara, is Eiblin ni Ara ba iad sin cloinn Dhomnaill ui

Ara.

Connor O'Hara, and
Evilina O'Hara were
children of Daniel
O'Hara.

NUMERALS.

1. Adjectives signifying number precede their substantives; as, aon duine, one man; gaċ uile la, every day.

2. But if the number be expressed in two or more words, then the substantive follows the first adjective; as, tri fear dèag is ceitre fitċead, ninety-three men; an seisad caibidil fitċead, the twenty-sixth chapter.

3. Every number, in which do, two, is expressed, requires the substantive in the ablative singular; as, da cloic, two stones.

4. Every number, in which seaċt, oċt, naoi, deić, or dèag is expressed, requires the substantive in the nominative plural eclipsed; as, seact gcloċa, seven

stones.

5. In speaking of the succession of kings, and the like, the cardinal numeral is rather used than the ordinal; as, Seoirse an tri, George the third; rather than Seoirse an treas.

6. There are several peculiar forms of expressing the numbers of different species, which may be collected from the following examples.

The construction of Numerals promiscuously exemplified.

Do be an cead duine an

cead peacac, Lui an se dèag, a riogas san Fhrainc,

Leis nar bail don uile bean amain, aċt Muire matair,

The first man was the
first sinner.
Lewis the sixteenth, who
reigns in France.
To whom there was no
woman agreeable, but
Mary the mother.

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Ta da cloic mine ann so,

Ta tri cloċa-ceitre cloċa -cuig cloċa-sè cloċa -seaċt gcloċa-oct gcloċa-naoid geloca -deic gcloċa-aon cloċ dèag-da cloić dèag, &c.

Ta an da eaċ is fearr ar bit ag teact anois on gcurrać,

There are two stones of meal here. There are three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve stones, &c.

The two best horses are now coming from the Curragh.

Ta na tri heic ar ti rit The three horses are about

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to run this day on the course of Rathfriland.

Seven excellent horses are coming to the Maze

course.

How many persons sat at table?

Seventeen sculls, (i. e. persons) between men and women. How many heads of cattle has your father? He has thirty-nine.

Three (stomachs of) road horses.

Three milk cows.
A yoke of plough horses.
Two young oxen.
Two young heifers.
Thirteen sheep.

Seven lambs, and one old

mare.

Ca mead daoine cloinne How many children has

ag

hatair?

your father?

Ta

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1. Personal pronouns agree in number, gender, and person, with the nouns to which they refer; as, is mor na daoine iad, they are great men.

2. If a sentence be in place of the antecedent, the pronoun is in the third person singular, masculine; as, an grian a faiceal is aoibin è, to see the sun is pleasant.

s. If two or more persons or things be spoken of in a sentence, the pronoun will agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second person rather than the third; as, cuaid tusa agus misi go Báileat cliat, agus bi sinn ann o bèaltine go dti an lugnosa, you and I went to Dublin, and we were there from May until August.

4. The pronouns se, si, sinn, sib, siad, are commonly used in the nominative; and é, i, inn, ib, iad, in the accusative; as, do buail sinn iad, we struck them; do buail siad inn, they struck us.

* E, i, inn, ib, iad, are used in the nominative after an, ba, as, ca, naċ, gurab, creud; as, naċ iad sin na daoine? are not these the men? as e so, or 'se so an la, this is the day. (118)

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5. The datives of the personal pronouns may be aspirated or not, as shall sound most smoothly, But after n, t, or d, they are never aspirated; as, is fearr duit, or duit, it is better for you; is miann dam, I desire.

The construction of the personal pronouns promiscuously exemplified.

Tabair dam an leine glan,
Thug si acmusan geur do,

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Do spreag se go geur e,
Is mait an duine e, is
breag an bean i,
Is trom an cloċ i, is fuar
an maidin i,
Chuaid se cum a dunaig
tuaite,
Is gasun drocuinte è,
Ta se na gasun droċ-
uinte,
Tame foglaim mo leigion,
Sgrioban seisean a cleact,
Ni siad moran torann,
Racaid mo dearbratair
agus misi cum an aon-
aig,
Fuair se è faoi na cosaib,

Moran saotar air beagan

bid,

Is mor a claoidean se an

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Give me the clean shirt.
She gave him a sharp re-
buke.

She rebuked him sharply.
Hé is a good man, she is
a fine woman.
It is a heavy stone, it is
a cold morning.
He went to his country
house.

He is a naughty boy.

I am learning my lesson,
He writes his exercise.
They make much noisę.
My brother and I will go
to the fair.

He found it under his
feet.
Much labour and little

meat.

Greatly it afflicts the
body.
I would think little of
walking to Limerick.

The death of my friends
is what troubles and

distresses me.

Se

Se a cluinim gaċ la ag
cać da airis, gur fàin
nigeać cas do čul tais,

A beit am aonar indiaig
caic, se a d'fag me a
noct faoi bròn, (119)
Go de a clog è?
Ta se an do, &c.
Ta se leat uair in diaig
an do,

Is aoibin an aimsir i,
Bhi se gruama air maidin,

Raib tu ariam air fairge?

I hear each days every
person saying, that
your soft hair is in
ringlets.

To be alone after all, is
what has left me this
night in sorrow.
What o'clock is it?
It is two, &c.
It is half after two.

It is delightful weather.
It was gloomy in the
morning.
Were you ever on sea?

POSSESSIVE.

1. The possessive pronouns mo, do, a, ar, and bur, are always placed before their nouns; as, mo ceann, my head; do cos, thy foot.

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2. Mo, do, and a, his, aspirate their substantives; as, mo gort, my corn; do śron, thy nose; a ceann, his head; but a ceann, her head.

3. Mo before f, or a vowel, loses o; as, manam, my soul; m feoil, my flesh.. Do before a vowel, is changed into h; before f, into d, or t; as, hanam, thy soul; dfeoil, or tfeoil, thy flesh. A, her, prefixes h to the following vowel; as, a hanam, her soul.

4. Ar, bur, and a, their, eclipse the following consonant, except s; and prefix n to the following vowel; as, ar natair, our father; a ndia, their God; bnr nuaman, your terror.

5. For the manner in which the possessive pronouns are combined with le, ua, do, and ann; see page 40. To which add fam, fad, fan, and far, compounded of fa, about, and mo, do, a, and aŕ; in which manner they are used before vowels, and sometimes

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