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6s OF THE PARTS ' [Part II
The follovdng numeral Nouns are applied only to per-
sons.
2. Tiithis, two persons. 7. Seachdnar.
3. Triuir. 8. Ochdnar.
4. Ceathrar. 9. Naoinar
5. Cuignear. 10. Deichnar,
6. Sèanar.
CHAP. IV. OF PRONOUNS.
The Profiotms are, for the most part, words used instead
of nouns. They may be arranged under the following di-
visions: Personal, Possessive, Relative, Demonstrative, In-
terrogative, Indefinite, Compound.
The Fer&ojial Pronoims are those of the 1st, 2d, and 3d
persons. They have a Singular and a Plural Number, a
Simple and an Emphatic Form. They are declined thus ;
Singular. Plural.
Simple For?fi. Emphcit. F. Simple F. Emphat'
1. Mi, mhi, /, me, Mise, mhisc, Sinn, ive, i/s, Sinne.
2. < rp, ' ,' ' ^Tusa, thusa. Sibh, )t, j)w, Sibhse.
(^ E, se, l)e, 1
\r »• >Esan.
f E, kim, S
•*' \ly si, she, 7t Iad,siad,/Zvv7T ^ / •
(_I, her, 3 lad, theniy 3
The
C©^ The Pronouns 'tu' thou, *se' he, *si' she, 'siad' thejj, are
not employed, like other nominatives, to denote the object after
a transitive verb. Hence the incorrectness of the following ex-
pression in most editions of the Gaelic Psalms : ' Se chrùnas tu
' le coron graidh,' Psal. cili. 4. which translated literally signi-
fies, // is he who??! thou wilt crown, dec. To express the true
sense, viz. it is he who will crown thee, it ought to have been
' 'so chrùnas thu le coron giaidh.' So ' is mise an Tighearn a
' shlanuicheas tbu^ I am the Lord that healeth thee, Exod. xv.
26. ' Ma ta e ann a f hreagaireas thu^ if there be any that will
answer thee^ Job, v. 1. ' Co e a bhrathas thu V Who is he that
will