AN GAOḊAL.
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LESSONS IN GAELIC.
THE GAELIC ALPHABET.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
a
a
aw
m
m
emm
b
b
bay
n
n
enn
c
c
kay
o
o
oh
d
d
dhay
p
p
pay
e
e
ay
r
r
arr
f
f
eff
s
s
ess
g
g
gay
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
ell
SIXTH LESSON. — Continued
Translation of Exercise 1.
1. Ḃ-fuil an ḃó bán? 2. tá an ḃó
bán. 3 ḃ fuil an mac árd? 4 tá an
mac árd. 5. Ḃ-fuil an lá fada? 6. ni
ḃ-fuil an lá fada. 7. ḃ-fuil caor agad
8. tá caor agam. 9. ḃ-fuil an maor
beo? 10. ní ḃ-fuil an maor beo. 11. ḃí
an maor beo a nae. 12. ní raiḃ sé beo
a nae. 13 ḃí sé tinn a nae. 14 ḃ-fuil
tusa tinn? 15. ní ḃ-fuil; ní ḃ-fuil mé.
16. tá am mar ceo. 17. ḃ-fuil ceol
binn? 18. seaḋ, tá ceol binn. 19. do
raob sé teud na cruite. 20. tá ceol
saor. 21. raob sé ann seol le bárr an
gae.
Translation, Part 2.
An Mada 'san m-Bainséar.
Rinne mada a leaba i m-bainséar, ag¬
us luiḋ sé a glaṁsán agus a ciarsán
ag congḃáil na g-capall ó n-a m-biaḋ.
"Feuċ," a deir ceann aca, "cia an gaḋ¬
airín suaraċ! cia naċ d-tig leis arḃar
iṫe é ḟéin agus naċ leigfiḋ díoḃ seo é
iṫe a ḟeudfas."
LESSON VII.
VOCABULARY.
Pronunciation.
eu
beul, mouth, bayul.
creud, what, krayudh.
feur, grass, fair.
geug, branch, gayug.
geur, sharp, gayur.
meur, finger, toe, mare.
neul, a cloud, nhayul.
reult, star, rayulth.
seun, happiness, shayun.
sguel, a story, skayul.
speur, sky, firmament. spare.
ia
ciall, sense, kee-uhl.
dias, blade of corn, dhee-us.
fial, generous, fee-ul.
giall, jaw gee-uhl.
grian, sun, gree-un.
iasg, fish, ee-usk.
mian, desire, mee-un.
pian, pain, pee-un.
piast, (or péist), a worm, pee-esth.
sgian, knife, skee-un.
siar, westward, sheer.
slias, a thigh, the loin, slee-us.
srian, bridle. shree-un.
ua
buan, lasting, boo-un.
cluas, ear, kloo-us.
cruas, hardness, kroo-us.
cuan, harbour, koo-un.
dual, work, duty, dhoo-ul.
suar, cold, foo-ur.
gruag, hair, groo-ug.
scuab, broom, brush, skoo-ub.
suan, slumber, soo-un.
suas, up; erect, soo-us.
uan, lamb, oo-un.
gan without; lón, store ; nó, or; liom,
with me; leat, with thee; leis, with
him ; leiṫe, with her.
Exercise 1.
Translate —
1. A branch is not grass. 2. Is there prosperi¬
ty on you (are you prosperous)? 3. I am prospe¬
rous. 4. Have you a flock? 5. I have a flock.
6. Whether (is) the cloud a star? 7. The cloud
(is) not a star. 8. Whether (is) the firmament a
star? 9. The firmament (is) not a star. 10. what
(is) the story? 11. The firmament is up. 12. He
has sense. 13. Has he sense? 14. And he has a
wish. 15. He has a fish 6. There is a bridle
on him (or it). 17. Is there pain on you (are you in
pain)? 18. There is pain on me. 19. I have a
jaw. 20. There is a jaw on him. 21. There is
not a thigh on him. 22. A knife is sharp. 23. A
desire with me (is) a bridle, i. e., I wish for or re¬
quire a bridle. 24. Is there hair on you? 25.
(There) is hair on me. 26. (There) is hair on it.
27. Is the harbour up (southward), or backward
(westward)? 28. The harbour is westward. 29.
