1

3. The use of the increase may be always ascer tained, by considering the emphatical pronoun in the sentence; as, is laidre mo capallsa no do capallsa, my horse is stronger than yours.

4. Hence, when a question is asked, the personal pronoun, in the answer, always receives the increase; as, cia rinne so? misi, no tusa, who did this, I, or you. (122.)

The use of the increase promiscuously exemplified.

Da racfasa liom aniu,
raċfuinnse leatsa ama-

rač,

If you would go with me to-day, Iwould go with you to-morrow.

Is deise ar dtirne no bur Our country is hund

dtirse,

Is iomda la bi d'atairse
is m'atairse air an iul,

Ca bfuil bur dtiarna
ogsa?
An è so do hata ùrsa?

Ta an
maor ar ti bur
gceangailse a gcarcair,
Do duadarsan uile a
gcomairle,

Se so a cota mòrsan,
Is cosmuil an teadaċ sin

le d'eadaċsa,
An raib sise air a tir?
Chuaid sise agus mise
cum na foraise,
Nil se agam, arsa mise,
Act a dubairt seisean go
bfaca se agam air mai-
din è,
An abraimse breug?

somer than your coun-
try.

Many a day were your
father and my father
together.
Where is your young
lord?

Is this your new hat?
The officer is about to

bind you in prison. They all went into coun

cil. This is his great coat. That cloth is like

yours.

Was she in the country? She and I went to the forest.

I have it not, said I. But he said that he saw it with me in the morning.

Do I tell a lie?

She told me that she
wrote to him.
When will you send word
to them?

Did they send word to
you?

Do that for her sake.
I would do any thing for
his sake.

My house is larger than
his.

It is to him I am talk

ing, and not to you. She gave it to him again. You promised it to me. Would you give part of

that to me?

We shall be before them

to-morrow.

You did not give one apple to us.

VERB.

CONCORD.

1. A verb agrees with its nominative, in number and person; as, do sgriob se, he wrote; tangadar na daoine, the men came.

2. Two or more nouns singular, joined together, will have a verb singular; as, tainic misi as, tainic misi agus tusa, I and you came; ta m'atair is mo matair tinn, my father and mother are sick.

3. The

3. The nominative usually follows the verb; as, tainic an fear, the man came: sometimes with a branch of the sentence intervening; as, tainic, air an mball, fear an tige asteaċ, the man of the house, immediately, came in.

4. The relative and interrogative pronouns always come before the verbs with which they agree; as, an te a tig go minic, the man who comes often, cia feadas seasam? who can stand? (123.)

5. When the personal termination of the verb is used, the pronoun is omitted; as, rinneamar, or rinne sinn an ni so, we did this thing. (124.)

*The pronoun is generally used with the second, and third persons, except in answering a question; as, sgrioban tu go ceart, you write well: an sgrio bam go ceart? do I write well? sgriobair, you do. (125.)

* The pronoun is never used with the first and second persons singular of the subjunctive consuetudinal; as, da dtigfea liomsa, had you come with me; da mbuailfinn an fear, had I struck the man.

6. The infinitive has its agent in the accusative, expressed or understood, before it; as, is mait dibse me a fuireacd, it is good for you that I

remain.

7. The active participle has its agent expressed in the dative, when the same person is agent to the following verb; as, iar na faicsin an tig, tainic se asteac, he, having seen the house, came in; ar mbeit duinn ar ndaoine oga, bi sinn a gcuideact acèile, when we were young, we kept company together; ag gcluinsin sin don tseanduine, gab se tairis air an taob eile, the old man, hearing this; passed by on the other side. (126.)

8. The present participle, with the verb bi, is always used when the continuance of a thing is expressed; as, ta me ag leagad mo leabar, I am reading my book. (127.)

9. The consuetudinal tense is used when a habit, or custom, is expressed; as, ca mbionn tu gać la, where are you every day? (128.)

10. The future participle passive often follows nouns, or adjectives, to denote the object that is to be affected; as, greanmar le faicsin, pleasant to be seen; ta arbar le bualad, there is corn to be threshed; ta na bat le na bleagan, the cows are to be milked. (129.)

11. Verbs transitive require their objects, in the accusative, after their agents; as, do buail me fear, I struck a man.

*The relative, and interrogative pronouns come before the verbs that govern them; as, an te a buail me, the man whom I struck; go de glacas tu? what will you take?

12. Verbs signifying advantage or disadvantage require also the object of the benefit, or injury, in the dative; as, d'umla se doib, he obeyed them; do hinsiad dam, it was told to me; do tug me leabar duit, I gave a book to you.

13. Verbs of comparing, and taking away, require the ablative of the object of comparison, or deprivation; as, do ślad si mo ceadfaid uaim, she stole my heart from me; samluigim tu le craun gån torad, I compare you to a tree without fruit; do bainead uata è, it was taken from them.

14. The infinitive, and participles active, require the genitive; as, ta me dul do ceannaċ brata, L

going to buy malt; bi se ag iarraid a mna, he was looking for his wife, iar mbualad an dorais, having struck the door; ar ti deanam urnaigte, about to make prayer.--See Government of Nouns, rule 12, p. 96.

* If the object be a masculine noun, it is aspi

Ꭱ .

rated;

rated; as, ta me ag gearrad ċrainn, I am cutting a tree. (130.)

15. One verb governs another in the infinitive; as, cuaid se do foglam a leigein, he went to learn his lesson. (131.)

The concord and government of verbs promiscuously exemplified.