Pret. Aff. Chualas, I was heard. Neg. Neg. Niar cualas? I was not heard. Fut. Aff. Cluinfear, I shall be heard. Neg. Ni cluinfear, I shall not 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. 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) 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 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. 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 From ti, to. go dti, until I go dti so, hitherto ADVERBIAL PARTICLES. (91) The following particles are used only in compo mi, neam, oir, uir, an, iom, ais, at, S intensive. negatives. sition. deoin, willing, aimdeoin, unwilling trat, time, antrat, untimely mùinte, taught, domùinte, hard to be creidte, believed, dicreidte, incredible 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) Many relations are predicated, by the union of nouns with the foregoing prepositions; as, |