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THE GAELIC ALPHABET.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
Irish.
Roman.
Sund.
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
gan
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
ell
SECOND BOOK (Continued from p. 477.)
EXERCISE XX.
airgiod, silver money; dóibh, to them.
leat, with thee; thú, thee.
1 Do phóg sé é, 2 do mhaith sé dhóib.
3 do thangadar annsinn. 4 shiúbhal¬
fainn leat. 5 thug sé airgiod dóibh. 6
do thiocfá annso. 7 do ghrádhuigh sé a
thír. 8 d' fhóghluim sé Gaedhilge. 9 do
cheannuigh sibh leabhar. 10 do bhuailfinn
thú.
1 He kissed him. 2 He forgave
them. 2 They came there. 4 I would
walk with thee. 5 He gave money
to them. 6 Thou wouldst come here.
7 He loved his country. 8 He learn-
ed Irish. 9 Ye bought a book. 10
I would strike thee.
OBS, — When the pronoun is expressed as in the
above instance, “dho bhi me,” in all the Examples
hitherto used in these books, the verb is in the an¬
alytic form of conjugation, and does not change in
person or number. When the pronoun is not ex¬
pressed, but is included in the form of a verb, as in
the above instance.
do thangadar,
the verb is in the synthetic form. and changes in
person and number. This remark is made here to
account for the verbs hitherto used not having
changed in person or number.
The sign do is often omitted, as in
some of the above Examples. tú (t
dotted) is the accusative case of tú
(thou); é of sé, he; inn of sinn, we: ibh
of sibh, ye; iad of siad, they. These
forms are often used as nominatives
with the verb is. See Obs. page 17
First Book.
EXERCISE XXI.
Examples of ro.
Ro enters into the composition of
the following particles which precede
the perfect tense of verbs. It causes
aspiration of the initial following it.
ar, whether, in past tense, compound¬
ed of an and ro.
gur, that, in past tense, compounded of
go and ro.
munar, unless, in past tense, compoun¬
ded of muna and ro.
ná'r, nachar, which not, that not — in
time past, compounded of nach and ro
nachar, whether not (interrogative) did
not, compounded of nach and ar.
níor, not, in past time, compounded
of ní and ro.
ar bhuail mé, whether struck I.
gur buail tú, that thou struck.
munar bhuail sé, if he did not strike,
unless he struck.
nachar bhuail sinn that we did not stri-
ná'r bhuailidh sinn that we may not ke.
EXERCISE XXII,
an té, he who;
beannuigh, bless
bhuaileas, I struck;
scuir, cease,
fhoillsigheas, I showed;i
thainic, came.
1 ar bhuaileas? 2 níor thainic sé.
3 munar fhoillsigheas. 4 ar bhuail tú é
5 níor beannuigh tú mé. 6 níor scuir
sinn. 7 an doras nachar dhún mé. 8
leabhar nachar thug mé. 9 an té nachar
ghrádhuigh mé. 10 ná'r chuiridh sé síos é.
1 Did I strike? 2 He came not.
3 If I have not shown. 4 Did you
strike him ? 5 You did not bless me
6 We did not cease. 7 The door which
I did not shut. 8 A book which I
did not give. 9 He whom I did not
love. 10 That he may not put it down.
or, did he not put it down?
We have received the yearly report
of the Dublin societies but too late for
this issue. Let them see that the lan¬
guage will be in every school in the
land under the new regime.
Our New York friends are to have
a big Féis Cheoil in Steinway Hall on
Easter Monday; these are the people
who circulate Gaelic literature.
