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GAELIC GRAMMAR. 11
mi lata, I made a boat; Chuala mi ftiaim, I heard
a sound.
Intransitive Verbs are sucli as do not pass over,
and do not require an Object to complete the
sense ; as Ruith mi, / ran ; Shuidh mi, / sat.
Tliere are two verbs, Bi, to he; and Is, am,
that are neither Transitive nor Intransitive, and
may therefore be called Neuter.
The Pronouns are words used for or instead of
nouns. The word pronoun means for a noun. Such
pronouns as are used instead of the names of persons
are called Personal Pronouns, as Mi, thu, e, and i ;
/, thou, he, and she ; and so may, instead of a noun,
form the Subject or Object, or both, in a sentence.
Exercise III.
Distinguish —
(1.) The Subjects, Predicates, and Objects.
(2.) The Parts of Speech.
(3.) Whether Verbs are Transitive or Intran-
sitive.
Kuitli mi. Rinn mi bata. Shuidh mi. Thainig
carbad. Fhuair Mairi solus. Thog mi balla. Throd
mo bliean. Bhuail Alasdair an t-eorna. Sheas Ian
Gilpin. Dh'iarr e sgeula. Thog an long a siuil.
Theich an t-each. Chual' e fiiaim. Eeic mi an damh.
Sgaoil sinn cuirm. Dhuisg mi Seumas. Ghabh o
oran. Sheinn e oran. Sheid e a' phiob. Cheannaich
mi clach chaise. Chreach e nead a chromain-lc)in.
Fhuair an t-uan bas {the lamb got death). Euisg na
ciobairean na caoirich.