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OF SPEECH.
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Affirmative Mood.
Present.
Sing,
1 Is mi,/ am^ it is I.
2 Is tu,
3 Is ej
Plm:
1 Is sinn,
2 Is sibh,
3 Is iad. \*
Preterite.
Sing.
Bu mhi, / was^ it was I.
Bu tu,
B'e;
Phr,
Bu sinn,
Bu sibh,
B' iad.
Negative Mood.
Sing.
Sing.
elaa,
nach,
&c.
1 mi, I am not, &c. Bu mhi, I luas not^ &c.
2 tu, Bu tu,
3 e. B* e ;
<| Plur* Plur.
1 sinn, Bu sinn,
2 sibh, Bu sibh,
3 iad. B* iad.
Subjunctive Mood.
Sing. Siiig.
1 Ma 's mi, If I be, it he I. Nam bu mhi, If I ivere, it
2 's tu, Bu tu, \were I,
S'sej B'e;
PJnr. Piur.
1 's sinn, Bu sinn,
2 's sibh,
3 's iad.
Bu sibh,
B' iad.
The only varieties of form which this Verb admits of,
are the two syllables 'is' and *bu'. Each of these syllables
com-