Singular Preter. Negative. 1 Bfearr liom nach mbuailfid me, I wish I had not been struck. Every part of the passive voice may likewise be formed, by joining the preter participle passive, to the auxiliary bi; as, ta me buailte, I am struck; bhi me buailte, I was struck, &c. To express continuance, the present participle having ag or ga with a possessive pronoun prefixed, is joined to the verb bi: as, ta me ga mo bualad, I am in striking; bi me ga mo bualad, I was in striking. REFLECTED VERBS. (64) Imperative Negative, na codail, or, na bi do codlad, &c. sleep not thou, &c. Present Negative, Ni codlaim, niel me mo codlad, I do not sleep, I am not asleep. Present Interrogative, A gcodlaim? bfuil me codlad? do I sleep? am I asleep? (66) Prater Tense. 1 Chodail me, bhi me mo chod-- 3 Chodail se, bhi se na chodladh, he, &c. Affirmative. Plural 1 Chodail sinn, bhi sinn nar gcodladh, we, &c. 2 Chodail sibh, bhi sibh bhur gcodladh, ye, &c. 3 Chodail siad, bhi siad na gcodladh, they, &c. Preter Negative, Niar codail me, ni raibh me mo ċodlad, I did not sleep, &c. Preter Interrogative, Nar codail me? an raib me mo codlad? did I sleep? &c. Future Negative, Ni coidealfad, or ni ċoideola me, or ni biam mo codlad, I will not sleep. (67) Future Interrogative, An gcoideola? or an mbeid me mo codlad? shall I sleep? Present Negative, Muna bfuil me mo codlad, if I be not asleep. Preter Tense. Affirmative. Singular 1 Da mbiainn mo codlad, &c. if I had been asleep, &c. Preter Negative, Muna be go raib me mo codlad, if I had not been asleep. Present and Future Negative. mo codlad, may I not sleep. Nar raib me Preter Affirmative. Bfearr liom go raib me mo codlad, I wish I had been asieep. Preter Negative. Bfearr liom naċ raib me mo codlad, I wish I had not been asleep. (68) FORMATION 1 FORMATION OF THE MOODS AND TENSES. ACTIVE VOICE. Every regular Verb has six principal parts, in the active voice, from which all the moods, and tenses are formed: viz. (69) 1. The imperative; as, buail, strike; crom, bend. 2. The infinitive, usually formed by adding ad, to the imperative, if the last vowel is broad; ead, if small; as, do buailead, or do bualad, to strike; do cromad, to bend. (70) 3. The present, formed by adding im, or am, to the imperative; as, buailim, Istrike; cromam, I bend. 4. The preter, formed by adding as, is, or eas, to the imperative; as, do buaileas, I struck; do romas, I bent. 5. The future, formed by adding ad, ead, or id; fad, fead, or fid, to the imperative; as, buailfead, I will strike; cromfad, I will bend. (71) 6 The consuetudinal, subjunctive, formed by adding fann, fuinn, or finn, to the imperative; as, da mbuailfinn, had I struck; da geromfuinn, had I bent. (72) Regular |