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Easy Lessons in Irish. (Continued.)

Title: Easy Lessons in Irish. (Continued.)
Author(s): Ó Gramhnaigh, Eoghan - O'Gramhna, Eoghan,
Compiler/Editor: Mac Néill, Eoin
Composition Date: 1895
Publisher: Connradh na Gaedhilge

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EASY LESSONS IN IRISH.

EXERCISE CVIII.
631. When we use is in this way we
have to remember two things:-

633.
Is lá breagh é seo.

<L 114>
637. 
Cad é, 
rud
Eigin
Rud éigin
Má

An bhfuil an aimsir fuar anois?  Ní'l;
bhí sí fuar indé, acht ní'l sí fuar indiu.
Atá an aimsir te, tirim, fuar, fliuch, bog,
cruaidh, tais.  An bacach tú?  Ní bacach
mé, acht atáim bacach anois, ata mo chos
briste.  Is te teine, is fuar abhainn, is 
mall asal.  “Is binn beul 'na thost,” is
seanfhocal Gaedhilge é so.  Atá rud éigin
'na sheasamh amuigh ar an mbóthar. Cad é?
Ní'l a fhios agam, atá an oidhche dorcha.  An
capall é, nó an duine é?  Agus má's
duine é, an fear nó bean é?

638. Is searbh an fhírinne.

640. Nach, not, used in sentences with
the verb is where a question is asked.
The verb is, as after other particles, left
out. Nach tú an fear? Is mé Nach í sin an bhean?
Is í.

641. Feuch an bád beag ar an loch, nach
deas é?  Is áluinn an tír í so. Ní maith an
bóthar é sin.  An loch nó an fairrge an t-uisge
úd?  Nach deas an sgeul é sin atá ins an
leabhar nuadh so? Is deas; agus is maith
an sgeul é.  Is breagh an bhó í sin ata 'na
seasamh ins an abhainn.  Nach milis an t-uisge
atá ins an tobar úd?  Is an-mhilis í, go
deimhin.  Is críonna an bhean í.

<L 115>
644. Proverbs -
Is maith an sgeulaidhe an aimsir.
Is fuar an rud clú gan
caraid.
Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras.
Fad ó shoin 

645. Cad é sin amuigh ar an mbóthar?
Ní'l fhios agam. An duine é?  Ní duine é, atá
sé ró-mhór, is capall é.  Cia thú féin, amuigh
ag an doras, an fear nó bean thú?  Atá
Cormac 'na fhear mhór láidir anois.  Feuch
an loch úd, ata se 'na loch anois, acht bhí sé 'na
mhóinfheur nó 'na leuna fiche bliadhain ó shoin.

Historical Irish Corpus1600 - 1926

Easy Lessons in Irish. (Continued.)

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Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926