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42 The Kelt or Gael.
demonstrative, and indefinite. A few examples
must suffice as in the Irish.
Personal are mi or i, I ; ti, thou ; e, he ; hi, she;
ni, we ; chwi, you and hwy, they. They are
compounded as in Irish, myfi, myself; tydi, thy-
self, etc.
The possessive pronouns are fy, or ym, my ;
dy, thy ; and ei, his, hers, its ; with their plurals,
ein, our ; eich, your, and en, their.
These are compounded thus, fyhun, dyhun,
eihun, einhun, eichhun, and euhun. The hun
here is the equivalent of the Irish fein, and the
compounds are myself, thyself, etc.
The demonstratives are very complicated.
The English provide only this and that ; while
the Irish give this, that, and yon ; and the Welsh
give this, that, yon, and that out of sight.
The relative pronouns are formed from the
demonstrative by prefixing the article yr to each,
as yr hwn.
The interrogative pronouns are pwy, and pa,
and are of both numbers and genders.
Pronouns have no case endings, but they agree
with their verbs in number and gender.
Welsh verbs, like Irish, had originally only
three tenses formed from the root, viz. present,
past, and future; all other modifications of tense
were obtained by means of auxiliaries. Now
they have present, imperfect, perfect, pluperfect,
first and second future tenses, all obtained from
the root. There is always a corresponding, and