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CHAP. V.] THE VERB. (59Conditional Mood.1. bei&inii, I would be. 1. bei&mfp, we would be.2. beioced, thouwouldst be. 2. bei&cf, ye would be.3. beioeaft p6, or belt 3. pe, beit)fr, they would be.he would be.Infinitive Mood.Do beic,to be.Participle.G5 beic,being.1. Cd is commonly called the substantive verb,and answers to the verb " to be" in English.2. It has two forms, which the regular verb hasnot, namely, a form in the present tense for interrogationand negation (b-puilim), and a formin the past tense for the same These(pabap)^two are classed by O'Donovan as a subjunctivemood, present and past tense.only:—3. The forms b-puilim and pabapare used(a.) After negative and interrogative particles ;as nf b-puil pe cinn, he is not sick; ni paib me"ann pin, I was not there: an b-puil pfon in baplongaib? "Is there wine in your ships?" Onpabaip 05 an 5-cappais? "Wert thou at therock" (or at Carrick) O ? nac b-puil oul uoib05am, "since I cannot escape from him" (lit."since it is not with me to go from him"); anb-puil a pi op agac pern, a pinnn? nf puil, appionn, " 'Is the knowledge of it with thyself,«Finn?' It is not,' says Finn."(But these forms are not used after the interrogativecionnap, how ?)