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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
Sound of the Vowels — long. —
á sounds like
a in war, as
bárr, top.
é " "
e " ere, "
céir, wax.
í " "
ee " eel, "
mín' fine.
ó " "
o " old, "
ór, gold.
ú " "
u " rule, "
úr, fresh.
Short. —
a " "
a in what,
as, gar, near.
e " "
e " bet,
" bebh, died.
i " "
i " ill;
" mil, honey
o " "
o " got,
" lot, wound.
u " "
u " put,
" rud, thing.
SECOND BOOK (Continued from p. 489)
RULE VI.
The following numeral adjectives
cause aspiration, viz. — The cardinal
numbers aon (one), dhá (two), and their
compounds, and the ordinal numbers
cheud, treas.
EXERCISE XIV.
1. An cheud fhear. 2. Dhá fháinne. 3
Aon pháisde deug. 4. An cheud bhliadh¬
ain. 5. Dhá fhear deug. 6 Aon chapall
deug. 7. An treas mhí deug. 8. Dhá
fhear agus deich mná. 9 Aon mhac deug.
10. An cheud fhear agus an treas bhean.
1. The first man. 2 Two rings, 3
Eleven children. 4 The first year. 5
Twelve men. 6. Eleven horses. 7. The
thirteenth month. 8 Two men and ten
women. 9. Eleven sons. 10. The first
man and the third woman.
The learner will refer to Exercise XII
(Section I.), on the numbers. Aon does
not aspirate before d or t.
RULE VII.
PRONOUNS
The possessive pronouns mo my, do
thy, a his, cause aspiration of the ini-
tial consonant, if aspirable, of nouns
before which they are placed.
Exercise XV.
Examples.
a bhráthair, his brother.
a dhorn, his fist
a fhearann, his field.
a fhuil, his blood
mo chuisle, my pulse,
mo mháthair, my mother.
a mhuintir, his people.
do pháisde, thy child.
do shrón, thy nose.
mo theanga, my tongue.
mo thír, my country.
Exercise XVI.
When do and mo are followed by a
vowel the o is omitted, and an apostro¬
phe inserted to mark its absence, also
before the letter fh, as m' athair, my fa¬
ther; m' fhuil. my blood;
dúnta, shut; ionmhuin, dear; óg, young
slán, well, healthy.
1 Mo bhráthair ionmuin. 2 Tá m' a¬
thair slán. 3 Bhí m' fhuil dearg. 4 Tá
a dhorn dúnta. 5 Do pháisde óg. 6 Bhí
a mhuintir saidhbhir. 7 Mo thír agus mo
mhuintir. 8 A athair agus a mháthair.
9. Bhí mo pháisde astig ach bhí do bhráth¬
air amuigh. 10 Mo chuisle agus mo ghrádh
1 My dear brother. 2 My father is
well. 3 My blood was red. 4 His fist
is shut. 5 Thy young child. 6 His
people were rich. 7 My country and
my people. 8 His father and his mo-
ther, 9 My child was in, but your
brother was outside. 10 My pulse and
my love.
(To be continued.)
By some slight pushing all our Gae¬
lic friends could double the Gael's cir¬
culation in two months — Do it.
