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AN GAOḊAL
Go, that (conj); a particle that ren¬
ders the adj. before which it is put, an
adverb; as, is go h-anaṁ biḋeann tú
ann so, it is seldom you be here.
Na, not (in commanding); as, na h-ob
agus na h-iarr onóir, do not refuse and
do not seek honour.
Le, re, with ; as, tá sé tinn le h-eag¬
la, he is sick (with) from fear.
When the possessive pronoun a, his
her, their; ar, our, follow the simple
prepositions that end in a vowel, n is,
for euphony, inserted 'before' the pro¬
noun to prevent hiatus — as, agus cloċ
faoi "n-a" ċeann, and a stone under
his head; ó "n-a" croiḋe, from her heart
ó "n-a" g-croiḋe, from their heart. In
these Examples n is inserted before a,
his; a, her; a, their, following faoi; ó.
Conjugation of the verb “to be," do
ḃeiṫ — continued.
Indicative mood — Future tense.
Singular
1 Béiḋ-id, beyid, I will be.
2 Béiḋ-ir, beyirh, thou wilt be.
3 Béiḋ sé, bey shay, he (or it) will
be; béiḋ sí, bey shee, she (or it
will be.
Plural.
1 Béiḋ mid, beymidh, we will be.
2 Beiḋ-ṫiḋ, beyhee, you will be.
3 Béiḋid, beyidh, they will be.
Like the Present tense, the Future,
after the relative pronoun a, who; noċ,
who; adopts the termination, eas; as
from béiḋ, will be : and biḋ (present
tense), is usually; is formed béiḋeas;
and biḋeas; as, an té a ḃéiḋeas, he
who will be ; an té ḃiḋeas, he who is
usually. This ending is assumed after
the same relatives (a, and noċ by eve¬
ry other verb, neuter and active, in the
language. In the coming Lessons it
will not, therefore, be necessary to give
in other verbs, the relative assertive
form of the Present or Furure tenses
indicative. The relative form of the
verb for the other tenses, imperfect,
perfect, conditional; or for the rela¬
tive 'negative' of even the the present
and future, is that of the third person
singular of each respective tense.
This special ending of the tenses af¬
ter the relative pronoun, is a peculiar¬
ity in Irish.
The future of is, it is; ba or buḋ, it
was; is bus, it will be; which is sel¬
dom employed except before adjectives
in the superlative degree with a con¬
tingent or future meaning; as, an té
is feárr, he who is best; an té b'ḟeárr,
he who was best; an té bus feárr, he
who will be best.
AN ĊAILLEAĊ BEURA.
Ní'l áit ná áird in Éirinn a ngaḃ¬
faiḋ tú nach g-cloisfiḋ tú caint air an
g-Cailliġ Ḃeura. B'ḟéidir gur as Beura
i g-Corcaiġ ṡiar ṫógann sí a h-ainm. Tá
mar ṡean-ḟocal ameasg na g-Connaċt¬
aċ go ḃ-fuil trí saoġail fada ann :—
Saoġal an iuḃair, saoġal an iolra, sao¬
ġal na Cailliġe Beura, agus maidir le
beusaiḃ na cailliġe so, a deirear mar
so :—
Níor ṫug sí salaċar na laṫaiġ so ṫar
an laṫaċ eile.
Níor iṫ sí biaḋ aċt an uair a ḃeiḋeaḋ
ocras uirre.
Níor ċuaiḋ sí ċodlaḋ go m-beiḋead
codlaḋ uirre,
Níor ċaiṫ sí amaċ an t-uisge salaċ
gur ṫug sí isteaċ an t-uisge glan.
A Cóṁairle :—
Ḃí sí oiḋċe air fairge le n-a clann
ṁac, & ḃí an oiḋċe ciuin dorċa, & é ag
sioc. Ḃí an fuaċt ag dul go smior ion¬
ta. Duḃairt sí leo iad-ḟéin a ċongḃáil
teiṫ. "Ní ḟeudamuid," ar siad-san
"Taosg an ḟairge amaċ a's isteaċ,"
ar sise. "Ní'lmuid ionnan sin a ḋeun¬
aḋ," ars an ċlann. "Beir air an soiṫ¬
eaċ taoisgṫe & líon an bád & taosg a¬
maċ arís é." Rinneadar sin & congḃ¬
uiġeadar iad-ḟéin teit go maidin, go
ḃ-fuaradar uain le teaċt i d-tír.
Am eile ḃí tarḃ ag an g-Cailliġ Ḃeu¬
ra darḃ' ainm an "Tarḃ Ċonnraiḋ"
[connarṫa]. Ní raiḃ aon ḃó do ċlois¬
feaḋ a ġéim naċ m-beiḋeaḋ laoġ óg aici
a g-ceann na bliaḋna. Cia air biṫ áit
is feárr & is milse do ḃeiḋeaḋ feur,
