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Easy Lessons in Irish. (Continued.)
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Easy Lessons in Irish. (Continued.)
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Ó Gramhnaigh, Eoghan - O'Gramhna, Eoghan,
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Mac Néill, Eoin
Composition Date
1895
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Connradh na Gaedhilge
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EASY LESSONS IN IRISH. EXERCISE CVI. -(Continued). 616. Éire, Erin, Ireland. This is the proper form of the nominative case; Éirinn should only be used after preposi- tions. Ní h-í an uaigh ar mbaile. Is í Éire ar dtír. Is é an stól mór atá briste; ní h-í an chathaoir bheag atá briste. An é an fear mór an flaith? Ní h-é; is é an fear beag an flaith. Ní h-í an tsúil so atá dall, acht an tsúil eile. Ní h-é mo bhrón an brón mór, acht an brón ata ar Pheadar. An é an capall atá ar an mbóthar? Ní h-é; is iad an t-asal óg agus an láir bheag ará air. An é punt atá ar an uan? Ní h-é. An tusa an buachaill óg? Ní mé; is é sin é. Ní h-é sin é, acht is é so é. EXERCISE CVII. 618. A departure from ordinary collocation of words is permitted in poetry. Thus a poem begins- Mo rós, mo lil, mo chaor is tú, istead of is tú mo rós, mo lil, mo chaor 619. An ind exclamations the verb may be omitted:- (a) mo ghrádh thú! (b) mo ghoirm thú! (c) m'anam astigh thú! 620. We have already met the demon- strative adjectives so, sin, and úd; as an fear so, this man; an tsúil sin, that eye; an bhean úd, yon womon. We have also just seen that this, that, those, when mean- ing this, or that(person), are translated sé so, sé sin; siad so, siad sin; iad so, iad sin. As, atá sé so dubh, acht atá sé sin bán, this (person) is black-haired, that (person) is white-haired. Is é so Domhnall, This is Donal. 621. In sentences like these last given, úd is never used, but always súd. In the spoken language often siúd or shortened to siud. As:— An é súd Tomás? Atá sí súd óg fós. Cá bhfuil siad súd? 622. The older and shorter forms for — Is so é. Is sin é Is súd é. These are perfectly regular. They are usually shortened to so é [colloquially often seo é, sin é, súd é. So so é, so iad; sin í, sin iad; súd í, súd iad. <L 98> 623. Similarly we have (Is)so an fear, (Is)sin an bhean, (Is)súd an áit (Is) so é an fear, sin í an áit; súd í an bhean, etc. 624. Phrases: so dhuit so dhuit do phíopa Súd ort(for ólaim súd ort) Sláinte, or Sláinte mhaith, 625. Sin é an sagart amuigh ar an mbóthar. Súd í an áit. Feuch an droichead, agus súd é Diarmuid ag teacht a bhaile ó'n aonach. So é an leabhar mór. Suidh síos, a Phadraig, so dhuit an stól. An bhfuil sgeul nuadh ar bith agat indiu? So an sgeul atá agam. Súd é an t-oileán mór, amuigh ins an bhfarraige; atá mo theach nuadh ar an oileán úd. 630. But we can also use is, and say, is fada an lá, is fear é, is lá te é, etc.
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