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
XIII. LESSON. — Continued
Translation last exercise.
1. Cia an nós táir, a ċara ḋílis mo
ċroiḋe; is anaṁ ḃiġeann tú ann so, &
air an áḋḃar sin, is maiṫ liom gur ṫai¬
nic (came) tú 2. Tá mé go maiṫ, go
deiṁin, go raib maiṫ agad. Ḃeirim
buiḋeaċas do Ḋia, ní raiḃ mé ċo maiṫ
a riaṁ [ever; up to this]. 3. Cia an
ċaoi ḃ-fuil do ṁac a tá pósta — Séam¬
us? 4. Tá sé go maiṫ a sláinte; aċt
go deiṁin tá baois na h-óige [of youth]
go fóil ann a inntinn [mind]. 5. Ní
maiṫ liom sin; óir is áḋḃar caoi agus
cnaoi, baois; agus déanann [makes] sí
[she, i.e., it; referring to baois] daoi
de neaċ air biṫ a ḃiḋeas faoi n-a stiur,
6. Ar uair sé áit aiṫ ann do ḟeilm?
7. Ní fuair, níor ṫug (gave) mé áit ḋó,
de ḃriġ nár rinne (did make, or per¬
form) sé an rud buḋ ṁian liom. 8. Oċ,
buḋ ċóir (just, fit) duais a ṫaḃairt ḋó,
mar ḃí sé cóir, suairc a riaṁ. 9. Mai¬
seaḋ, tá dúil agam duais a ṫaḃairt ḋó
go fóil. 10. Cia an ċaoi ḃ-fuil Tóm¬
ás, an buaċaill maiṫ é? 11. Tá sé go
h-an-ṁaiṫ: Is feárr naoi-nuaire é ná
a ḋearḃḃraṫair. 12. Is maiṫ liom sin
an ḃ-fuil sé le fada mar sin? 13 Tá
le tamall maiṫ. 14. Cia an ċaoi ḃ-fuil
d'aṫair-ṁór, & do ṁáṫair-ṁór? 15.
Tá m' aṫair-ṁór marḃ, aċt tá mo ṁá¬
ṫair-ṁór go fóil a sláinte ṁaiṫ. 16.
Cia an uair fuair d' aṫair-ṁór bás?
17. Fuair sé bás [fuair bás, i.e, died]
mí ó nae. 18. Beannaċt Dé le na an¬
am; buḋ fear caoin, maiṫ, onóraċ é.
19. Cia an uair a ḃéiḋeas tú ann so
arís? 20. Ní ḃéiḋ uain agam, tá fios
agam go maiṫ, go bliaḋain ó 'n iuḋ 21
Béiḋir 'san m-ḃaile a noct. 22. Taḃ¬
air ḋam mo ḃarréad. 23. Na biḋeaḋ
deifir ċó mór sin ort; tá agad do
ṡáiṫ ama; óir tá sé moċ anns an lá go
fóil. 24. Tá an ġrian anois ag dul
faoi; agus tá fios agad go d-tuit¬
eann (falls) nóin 'sa ḃ-fóġṁar (an eve¬
ning in harvest) mar tuiteann cloċ a
b-poll móna. 25. Is fíor duit. 26.
Beannaċt leat.
LESSON XXIII.
Conjugation of a Regular Verb in the
Imperative and Indicative Moods.
Active Voice.
Mol, praise (thou)
Imperative Mood.
The second person singular, Imper¬
ative mood, like the third person sin¬
gular perfect tense in Hebrew, is the
root of all verbs in Irish; because it is
the simplest form of the verb, and be¬
cause from it spring, by certain suffix¬
es, all the other moods and tenses.
Present Tense.
Singular.
1 ... ... ...
2 Mol, praise thou.
3 Molaḋ sé, molo shay, let him praise
Plural.
1 Molmuis, molmuih
Molmuid, molmoidh
} let us praise,
2 Molaiḋ, molee, praise ye.
3 Moldís, moldeesh, let them praise.
The terminations uis and uid are
both in use; uis, in the Imperative,
first person plural, is to be preferred
to uid, because it perfectly agrees with
dís, the ending of the third person
plural which has a settled form; and
because it is quite analogical with the
Latin ending of the plural of verbs —
mus ; and besides aids the learner to
distinguish it from the first person
plural present tense, Indicative. The
form muid, however, for the Impera¬
tive, is very usual.
Indicative Mood.
