09.07.2015 Views

grammar of irish.pdf - Cryptm.org

grammar of irish.pdf - Cryptm.org

grammar of irish.pdf - Cryptm.org

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

i.CHAP. V.]TIIE VERB. 71as an auxiliary. Thus, instead <strong>of</strong> buailceap me\I am struck, we can say cd me bum Ice : for dobuaileuo m6, I was struck, Do bf m6 buailce, &c.(2.) lp,it is.Indicative Mood.Present Tense.If, it is as : if me, it is I ; ip ct5, it is thou.Past Tense.ba or bub, it was ;a3 ba me, it was I.Future Tense.buD o.- bup,it will be.Conditional Mood.bab, it would I.e.,L This is commonly called the assertive verb.2. It has no inflection for person, being alwaysused in the third :person singular hence it is<strong>of</strong>ten called the impersonal verb.3. It has no other moods and tenses besidesthose given above.4. It takes other forms in the modern language,some <strong>of</strong> them contracted, which are <strong>of</strong>ten puzzlingto learners.5. After ft-up, that, it is <strong>of</strong>ten made ab, whichis given by O'Donovan as a subjunctive mood; ascpeioini 5up ab e acd cinn, I believe that it is he(who)is sick : mearuuu Da peip pin, ^up ab Dabliagain astip pice pul pugao Gbpaham cdnicPapcolon n-Gipmn, "I lthink, according to that

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!