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GAELIC GRAMMAR. 13
gillean beaga fliuchadh maith. Mhianaich mi sgiatli-
an iolair. Tha eilein fada caol ga chuartachadh.
Eeic e bian bruic agus boicionn goibhre. Giulainidh
bata mor na smuid moran sluaigh. Thainig do litir
chaoimhneil an de. ]\Ihol an duine coir gach creag
agus garblilach. Tlioisich a' blias-bhualaich agus a'
ghlaodiiaich. Tliarruing an Teachdaire coir 'anail.
Mhol each esan agus mur do mhol esan iadsan.
Labhair each gu maith ; labhair esan deich uairean
ni b' fhearr. Choisinn e uiTam na h-oidhche. " 'S
e am bodacli mor an gille," arsa mise. Bha na tonna
mora maola gorma a' nuallanaich.
An Adverb is a word, or more commonly a
phrase, whicli extends, limits, or in someway modifies
the value of a Verb in a Sentence.
The great number of Adverbs express the
manner, time, or place of the action, and there-
fore commonly answer to the questions How .<*
When? Where?
Ruith e gn duineal, he ran j^lucJcily (manly). How ?
Chi mi thu an duiyh, I shall see you to-day. When ?
Chaidh e 'sios, he ivent down. Where ?
Any Adjective by placing gu before it becomes
an Adverb : as maith good, gu maith well ;
cinnteach sure, gu cinnteach surely ; deas ready,
gu deas readily.
This gu corresponds to the ly iu English as to meanimj,
but in its origin to the Latin con, with. Gu fior = con fior -
ivith truth = truly.
*^* I am doubtful if there be any Simple Adverbs at all in
Gaelic. In the long lists given by Armstrong and by Munro,
with exception perhaps of the Simple Negatives, the so-called
Adverbs are Prepositional Phrases of Adverbial value : E.g.,
Am bliadhna, (in) this year ; A' nochda, (in) this night, to-night ;
gillean beaga fliuchadh maith. Mhianaich mi sgiatli-
an iolair. Tha eilein fada caol ga chuartachadh.
Eeic e bian bruic agus boicionn goibhre. Giulainidh
bata mor na smuid moran sluaigh. Thainig do litir
chaoimhneil an de. ]\Ihol an duine coir gach creag
agus garblilach. Tlioisich a' blias-bhualaich agus a'
ghlaodiiaich. Tliarruing an Teachdaire coir 'anail.
Mhol each esan agus mur do mhol esan iadsan.
Labhair each gu maith ; labhair esan deich uairean
ni b' fhearr. Choisinn e uiTam na h-oidhche. " 'S
e am bodacli mor an gille," arsa mise. Bha na tonna
mora maola gorma a' nuallanaich.
An Adverb is a word, or more commonly a
phrase, whicli extends, limits, or in someway modifies
the value of a Verb in a Sentence.
The great number of Adverbs express the
manner, time, or place of the action, and there-
fore commonly answer to the questions How .<*
When? Where?
Ruith e gn duineal, he ran j^lucJcily (manly). How ?
Chi mi thu an duiyh, I shall see you to-day. When ?
Chaidh e 'sios, he ivent down. Where ?
Any Adjective by placing gu before it becomes
an Adverb : as maith good, gu maith well ;
cinnteach sure, gu cinnteach surely ; deas ready,
gu deas readily.
This gu corresponds to the ly iu English as to meanimj,
but in its origin to the Latin con, with. Gu fior = con fior -
ivith truth = truly.
*^* I am doubtful if there be any Simple Adverbs at all in
Gaelic. In the long lists given by Armstrong and by Munro,
with exception perhaps of the Simple Negatives, the so-called
Adverbs are Prepositional Phrases of Adverbial value : E.g.,
Am bliadhna, (in) this year ; A' nochda, (in) this night, to-night ;
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