PREPOSITION. 1. The following prepositions aspirate the nouns that they govern; viz. (140) 2. Ann, in, and iar, after, eclipse their nouns; as, (141.) Bhi me a nDùn, iar I was in Down, after dteact dam o hAlbain, coming from Scotland. * Le, with, o, from, and go, to, prefix h to vowels; as, rinne me sin le heagal, I did that through fear; cuaid se go hEirin, he went to Ireland. (142.) 3. Chum, to, Iar, after, Deis, after, Fead, throughout, Fud, among, Ionnsuid, unto, Reir, according to, •Timcioll, about, and all the expressions, formed by the union of Chuaid si a hoibre, Reir tola De, agcionn She went to her work. Ma tig a mac na cainne, According to the will of God. If his son comes for him. 4. Do, to, governs the dative; and idir, between, the accusative; as, tabair an leabair do na mnaib, give the book to the women. viz. 1 5. All the other prepositions govern the ablative; Ag, at, Air, upon, As, out of, Fa, upon, &c. Faoi, fuid, under, D'eiriġ me uair roime la, le na gcineamnaib, Ta siad air buile fa na rat, Le, leis, with, Seaca, by, in compa- Thar, tairis, over, Irose an hour before day. 6. Sometimes the government of the preposition is not observed, when gaċ, each, uile, all, or some such adjective comes before the substantive; as, cuaid fear le gaċ bean aca, a man went with every woman. (144.) The The construction of prepositions promiscuously exemplified. Suid inaice an tsoluis, Seasam os cuinne an dorais, Na tar am amare, Na bi a mbaile mòr, no a gcaislean, gan bean air do leitsgeul, Rinne me so le heagal, Ceitre troige air doimneaċd, Chuaid se fan mbaile, Sit near the light. Do not come into my sight. He went throughout or about the town. He went to the town. She went for meal. In the latter part of the night. Shewill go before Sunday. She will be married before a year. Before night fall. As a woman who would be under melancholy. She is incapable of telling a lie. Gaul had a crooked nose. It is like the truth. She dwells in yonder great house. Se Baile Se sin an bealac go Baile- Is beag a solas san tsao- Is le na natair è, Ni raibeamar a caint fad Ni lem toil a pòs si è, Ta mac san arm aige, amran, Ameasg mac na sagairt, Do peacamairne anagaid Do deana se siot a dtaoib That is the That is the way to Duo Do you know whom I It is their father's. house. that she married him. He shall make peace con- CONJUNCTION. 1. The conjunctions agus, and, no, or, na, than, and the like, have the same moods, and cases, after them that go before them; as, amuil mar ata, agus bi, agus bias go brataċ, as it was, and is, and shall be for ever; tosac an lae agus na hoibre, the beginning of the day and of the work. (145.) 2. Mar, as, o, since, sul, before that, ma, if, mur, if not, na, than, gur, that, and their compounds, aspirate; as, Račam Račam leis ma tig se linn, Fagaim bàs, o connairc me do gnuis, 3. Go, that, da, if, and their compounds, vowels; as, (146) · Deirim go dtainic se anall, Uċ nać bfuilid mo briat ra anois sgriobta, Muna bfillead se uaim, Let us go with him, if muna, if not, naċ, that, I say that he came over. O that my words were now written. If he had not turned from me. na ċuinne, come for him. Cluinim go bposfar bean I hear that one of the aca, Da dtiucfad linn fui- Ni bfuaras blas bid no dige, Ar an abar sin fuigfid an fear a atair, agus a matair, women will be married. If we could stay. The war of Eoin the great, and Conn of an hundred battles. There was not a taste of meat or drink found. Therefore shall a man leave his father and T his mother. Is |