- 1. Personal pronouns agree in number, gender, and person, with the nouns to which they refer; as, is mor na daoine iad, they are great men. 2. If a sentence be in place of the antecedent, the pronoun is in the third person singular, masculine; as, an ġrian a faiceal is aoibin è, to see the sun is pleasant. 3. If two or more persons or things be spoken of in a sentence, the pronoun will agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second person rather than the third; as, cuaid tusa agus misi go Báileat cliat, agus bi sinn ann o bèaltine go dti an luġnosa, you and I went to Dublin, and we were there from May until August. 4. The pronouns se, si, sinn, sib, siad, are commonly used in the nominative; and é, i, inn, ib, iad, in the accusative; as, do buail sinn iad, we struck them; do buail siad inn, they struck us. * E, i, inn, ib, iad, are used in the nominative after an, ba, as, ca, nać, gurab, creud; as, nać iad sin na daoine? are not these the men? as e so, or 'se so an la, this is the day. (118) 5. The datives of the personal pronouns may be aspirated or not, as shall sound most smoothly. But after n, t, or d, they are never aspirated; as, is fearr duit, or duit, it is better for you; is miann dam, I desire. The construction of the personal pronouns pró miscuously exemplified, Tabair dam an leine glan, Do spreag se go geur e, Chuaid se cum a dunaig Is gasun drocuinte è, Ta se na gasun droċuinte, Tame foğlaim moleigion, Sgrioban seisean a cleact, Ni siad moran torann, Raćaid mo dearbratair agus misi cum an aonaig, Fuair se è faoi na cosaib, Moran saotar air beagan bid, Is mor a claoidean se an corp, Is beag a cuiread se orm siubal air cois go Luimneać, Bàs na gcarad se buaidir sa mearaid me, Give me the clean shirt. She rebuked him sharply. He is a naughty boy. I am learning my lesson, He found it under his feet. Much labour and little meat. Greatly it afflicts the body. I would think little of walking to Limerick. The death of my friends is what troubles and distresses me. 'Se Se a cluinim gaè la ag I hear each day every cač da airis, gur fain niġeać cas do cul tais, A beit am aonar indiaig Go de a člog è? Ta se leat uair in diaig Is aoibin an aimsir i, Bhi se gruama air maidin, Raib tu ariam air fairge? person saying, that To be alone after all, is POSSESSIVE. 1. The possessive pronouns mo, do, a, ar, and bur, are always placed before their nouns; as, mo ceann, my head; do cos, thy foot. 2. Mo, do, and a, his, aspirate their substantives; as, mo gort, my corn; do śron, thy nose; a ceann, his head; *but a ceann, her head. 3. Mo before f, or a vowel, loses o; as, manam, my soul; m feoil, my flesh.. Do before a vowel, is changed into h; before f, into d, or t; as, hanam, thy soul; d'feoil, or tfeoil, thy flesh. A, her, prefixes h to the following vowel; as, a hanam, her soul. 4. Ar, bur, and a, their, eclipse the following consonant, except s; and prefix n to the following vowel; as, ar natair, our father; a ndia, their God; bnr nuaman, your terror. 5. For the manner in which the possessive pronouns are combined with le, ua, do, and ann; see page 40. To which add fam, fad, fan, and far, compounded of fa, about, and mo, do, a, and ar; in which manner they are used before vowels, and sometimes P2 sometimes before aspirated consonants; as, lem aire, with my care; led toil, with your will. The construction of the possessive pronouns promiscuously exemplified. Did you see my garden? Come with me until you see my garden. Do it for my sake. Where is your book? What has become of his pen? Have you a mind to go to them? My father and mother are sick. The horse broke his bridle, and his halter. He shall bring you again to the land of your fathers. Our father who art in heaven. She builded her house. Are you talking of my father? I gave tidings to my father. That I got a letter from my daughter. RELATIVE. 1. The relative agrees with its antecedent; as, an tè a tig, the person who comes. 2. When a is used to denote the owner or possessor of any thing, it-takes r; as, an fear ar leis tu, the man to whom you belong, Which, 1 Which, compounded with do, makes dar; as, an fear dar cèile tu, the person whose wife you are. With do and ba, it makes darab, or darb; as, bean darb ainm Maire, a woman whose name was Mary. With le, it makes ler; as, ce be ler mian, whoever has a desire. With le and ba, it makes lerb; as, ce be lerb aill, whoever had a wish. 3. As the relative always comes before the verb, and has no inflexion, it must be determined by the verb itself, or the noun following, whether the relative denotes the agent or the object; as, an fear a buailim, the man whom I strike; an fear a buaileas me, the man who strikes me. 4. The relative is often omitted, when it is either preceded or followed by a vowel, or an aspirated consonant; as, an giolla tug a gearran leis, the boy that brought the horse with him; an fear ólas an ċead deoć, the man who takes the first drink; bud sionnać bi ann, it was a fox that was there. The construction of relative pronouns promiscuously exemplified. An fear ler bualad me, An fear a buaileas se, An è so an hata ùr a ċean- Ta eolus agam air an fear a raib tu caint leis, Carad dilios, ann a gcuiriom muinigin, Ta fios agam ca air a bfuil tu smuainead, The man by whom I was struck. The man whom he strikes. A dear friend, in whom Is |