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Pret. Aff. Chualas, I was heard.

Neg. Neg. Niar cualas? I was not heard.
Int. Nar cualas? was I heard?

Fut. Aff. Cluinfear, I shall be heard.

Neg. Ni cluinfear, I shall not be heard.
Int. A gcluinfear? shall I be heard?

SUBJUNCTIVE.

Pres. & Fut. Ma cluinear, if I be heard.

Aff.

Neg. Muna gcluinear, &c. if I be not, &c.

Pret. Aff. Da gcluinfid, if I be heard.

Neg. Muna be go gcluinfid, if I be not, &c.

OPTATIVE.

may

I be heard.

Pres. & Fut. Go gcluinear,

Aff.

Go gcluintear,

Neg. Nar cluinear,

Nar cluintear, may I not be heard.

Pret. Bfearr liom go gcluinfid, I wish I had, &c.

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abfad, afar

angar, close to

Manner.

amac, amuig, out, with- Mar, mur, as

out

cionas? how?

asteać, astig, in, withinni, naċ, not

sead, it is so

ro, very

amlaig, in like manner iomoro, moreover

Adverbial expressions are formed, by prefixing go to adjectives; as (89)

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Adverbs, formed thus from adjectives, are compared as the adjectives themselves; as,

From mait, good: Pos. go mait, well; Comp. nios fearr, better; Sup. ro mait, very good, as fearr, best.

From laidir, strong: Pos. go laidir, strongly; Comp. nios laidre, more strongly; Sup. ro laidir, very strongly, as laidre, most strongly.

There are many adverbial expressions, formed by the combination of two or more words; as, (90)

From ag, at.

So, this (place,) ag so, here
sin, that (place,) ag sin, there
sud, yon (place,) ag sud, yonder
ciunas, quietness, ag ciunas, quietly

From

tall, farther side,

From ann, in.

an all, over

fad, long, an fad, whilst

so, this (place,) an so, here

noċt, night, anoċt, at, or in night

From air, upon.

cul, back, ar gcul, backwards

leit, side, air leit, by turns

uaire, hours, ar uaire,

ar uairib,

bit, being, air bit, at all

sometimes

eigin, necessity, air eigin, hardly

From an, the, aon, one.

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uair, hour, aon uair, once

ċead ait, first place, &c. an cead ait, first, &c.

From ca? what?

uair, hour, ca huair? when?

ait, place, cait? where?

e mur, it is as, ca de mur?

go de mur?

how?

From gan, without.

fios, knowledge, gan fios, secretly eifeact, effect, gan eifeact, ineffectually

From mar, as,

so, this, mar so, so, as this

sin, that, mar sin, thus, as that

ceadna, same, mar an gceadna, likewise

From os, above.

ceann, head, os ceann, above

ard,

ard, high, os ard, isiol, low, os isiol,

loudly, publicly
softly, privately

From ti, to.

go dti, until

I go dti so, hitherto

ADVERBIAL PARTICLES. (91)

The following particles are used only in compo

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mi, neam,

oir,

uir,

an,

iom,

ais,

at,

S

intensive.

negatives.

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sition.

deoin, willing, aimdeoin, unwilling trat, time, antrat, untimely

mùinte, taught, domùinte, hard to be
taught

creidte, believed, dicreidte, incredible
slan, healthful, easlan, sick
cairdeas, friendship, eascairdeas, en-
mity

ciall, sense. miciall, folly

claon, partial, neamclaon, impartial

isioll, low, uirìsioll, very humble

mòr, great, anmòr, very great - làn, full, iomlan, very full

sealba, possession, aisealba, restitution gabail, taking, atġabail, retaking

com, equal, trom, weight, comtrom, equal weight in, fit, deanta, done, indeanta, fit to be done so, apt, faicsin, seeing, sofaicsin, fit, or easy to be done

The following particles are used with verbs.

Do, signs of the

a, S infinitive,

do buailead, to strike

a buailead, S

ag, a, or ga, signs of the present participle, ag, a, or ga, bualad,

beating

do,

do, sign of the preter, do buaileas, I struck iar, sign of the preter participle, iar mbualad, having struck

le, signs of the future participle, le bualad, or ar ti, S ar ti bualad, about to strike

To these may be added, ma, if; muna, mur, if not; da, if; go, that, &c. but these are more properly classed with conjunctions. (92)

PREPOSITION.

The following is a list of the most usual, and simple prepositions. (93)

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Many relations are predicated, by the union of nouns with the foregoing prepositions; as,

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