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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
XIV. LESSON. — Continued
Translation of Exercise 1.
1. Bh-fuil an bhó ruadh, agus bh-fuil an
laogh dubh? 2. Ní bh fuil an bhó ruadh acht
tá sí buidhe; agus ní bh-fuil an laogh dubh
acht liath agus fionn. 3. bh-fuil ann leanbh
balbh? 4. ní bh-fuil an leanbh balbh. 5
an bh-fuil áth aig beul an loich? 6. ní
bh-fuil áth ann. 7. an magh é sin, no loch?
8. ní magh é, ní loch é, acht is sliabh é. 9
cad é an daith is áil leat — buidhe, liath,
ruadh, (no dearg? 10. is áil liom an
buidhe. 11. cad é an feidhm tá againn
leis an sleagh no an sleághan? 12. tá
feidhm mhór againn leis. 13. bh-fuil
fuacht ort? 14. ní bh-fuil fuacht orm.
15. an maith leat deoch? 16. an bh-fuil
an feur fliuch ó cheo? 17. tá an feur
fliuch ó cheo. 18. an bh-fuil agad damh
agus tarbh? 19. ní bh-fuil agam dámh
agus tarbh, no damh allta, acht tá amháin
agam bó agus laogh liath. 20. cad é an
daith tá air an m-buin? 21. buidhe. 22
is maith an daith, buidhe. 23. cad é an
nidh sliabh? 24. is cnoch árd, sliabh. 25.
tá seun agus sonas ort.
LESSON XV.
Conjugation of the present tense of
the verb To Be, do bheith.
The nominative case comes always af¬
ter the verb.
Present tense.
Singular
Plural.
1. tá mé, I am.
tá sinn, we are.
2. tá tú, thou art,
tá sibh, you are.
3. tá sé, he (or it),
tá siad, they are.
is; tá sí, she (or it) is.
The following is another form, in which
the nominative is embodied in all the
persons except the third person. This
is called the Synthetic form, as the
foregoing is called the Analytic:
táim, I am.
támuid, we are.
táir, thou art.
táthaoi, you are.
tá sé, he (or it) is;
taid, they are.
tá sí, she (or it) is.
The Interrogative Form.
an bh-fuilim, am I?
an bh fuilir, art thou?
an bh-fuil sé, is he.
an bh-fuil-muid, are we?
an bh-fuil-idh, are you?
an bh-fuil-id, are they?
Or, taking the third person singular,
bh-fuil, is, and placing the personal pro¬
noun — mé, I; tú, thou; sé, he, (it); sí,
she, (it); sinn, we; sibh, you; siad, they,
after it, this interrogative form is gone
through in the simple Analytic way,
as —
bh-fuil mé, am I?
bh-fuil tú, art thou.
bh-fuil sé, is he?
bh-fuil sinn, are we?
bh-fuil sibh, are you?
bh-fuil siad, are they
When an assertion is made, is, is,
with the personal pronouns is the form
adopted; as, is mé, it is I; is tú, it is
thou; is é, it is he; is sinn, it is we;
is sibh, it is you; is siad, it is they.
This is is omitted, as has been obser¬
ved (see 8th Lesson, Obs. 3. page 26)
when any of the particles of asking or
denying, or the like, are employed; as,
who (is) God, cia h-é Dia? is, after cia,
is omitted; cad é an nidh an eaglais,
what is the church? is is omitted after
cad, what
The present tense, as it is formed re¬
gularly from the root bi, be thou, is bidh¬
im which implies a state of continu¬
ance in present existence, as —
bidhim, I am wont to be.
bidhir, thou art wont to be.
bidh sé, he is wont to be.
bidhmuid, we are wont to be.
bidh-idh, you are wont to be.
bidh-id, they are wont to be.
